Panora, Iowa
| Panora, Iowa | |
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| City | |
 Location of Panora, Iowa |
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| Coordinates: 41°41′32″N 94°21′49″W / 41.69222°N 94.36361°WCoordinates: 41°41′32″N 94°21′49″W / 41.69222°N 94.36361°W | |
| Country |
 United States
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| State |
 Iowa
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| County | Guthrie |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2) |
| • Land | 1.80 sq mi (4.66 km2) |
| • Water | 0 sq mi (0 km2) |
| Elevation | 1,076 ft (328 m) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 1,124 |
| • Estimate (2012) | 1,102 |
| • Density | 624.4/sq mi (241.1/km2) |
| Time zone | Central (CST) (UTC-6) |
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| ZIP code | 50216 |
| Area code(s) | 641 |
| FIPS code | 19-61320 |
| GNIS feature ID | 0460010 |
| Website | www.cityofpanora.com |
Panora is a city in Guthrie County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,175 at the 2000 census and 1,124 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Des Moines–West Des Moines Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Panora was platted in 1851.
Just before 10 p.m. on May 11, 2014, an EF2 tornado caused tens of millions of dollars in damages to areas outside of Panora and especially nearby Lake Panorama including several farms north of Panora and northeast of Yale. The tornado originated south of Guthrie Center near the intersection of Highway 25 and the Monteith Road. It travelled in a northeasterly direction for 16.7 miles through Lake Panorama on a path through mostly unplanted fields passing both to the south and to the east of Yale and to the south of Jamaica ending southwest of Dawson, sparing those three towns. The path of destruction included areas and homes near Shady Beach; near Boulder Beach including eight condos destroyed and severely damaging many nearby homes and condos; around the west side of the entrance to Burchfield Cove on Hickory Point including several homes and buildings; holes 1–4 and 9–18 at the LPA National Golf Course; more than two dozen electrical powerline transmission poles located along the east side of Highway 4 between 170th and 180th and east of the intersection of Highway 4 and 170th; and several farms to the south and to the east of Yale. The debris pattern was extensive from Boulder cove to southwest of Dawson.
The warning sirens in Panora failed to sound due to the nearly concurrent loss of electrical power and the sudden occurrence of the storm: only a couple of minutes between the release of the tornado warning during the loss of electrical power before the impact of the tornado did not provide enough time for the town to bring online electrical power from Panora's backup desiel-powered generator. Luckily, no loss of life occurred.
Panora is located at 41°41′32″N 94°21′49″W / 41.69222°N 94.36361°W (41.692158, -94.363722), along the Middle Raccoon River.
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