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LAST UPDATED: 130 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008
...UPDATED TORNADO SURVEY INFORMATION FOR BUCHANAN...DELAWARE... DUBUQUE...JOHNSON...AND IOWA COUNTIES...
UPDATED TO INCLUDE TWO ADDITIONAL TORNADOES...ONE IN BUCHANAN COUNTY NEAR LAMONT...AND THE SECOND ONE IN JOHNSON COUNTY NEAR NORTH LIBERTY.
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POST STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED FIVE TORNADOES OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA. DETAILS ARE LISTED BELOW.
TORNADO NUMBER 1...
* LOCATION...BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES...FROM NEAR FAIRBANK TO NEAR ONEIDA. * TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 605 PM TO 710 PM CDT ON SUNDAY...5/25/2008. * INJURIES/FATALITIES...3 INJURIES. * EF-SCALE RATING...EF-3 INTENSITY. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...160 MPH. * PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 0.7 MILES. PATH LENGTH WAS 32.4 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 2.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FAIRBANK TO 2.25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEIDA. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH STARTING POINT ARE 42.603 DEGREES NORTH... 92.018 DEGREES WEST. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH ENDING POINT ARE 42.564 DEGREES NORTH... 91.392 DEGREES WEST. * DAMAGE INFORMATION...3 HOMES DESTROYED. NUMEROUS OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. MANY HOMES WITH ROOF DAMAGE. SOUTH EDGE OF HAZELTON SEVERAL NON ANCHORED MOBILE HOMES AT DEALERSHIP WERE DESTROYED.
TORNADO NUMBER 2...
* LOCATION...BUCHANAN COUNTY...SOUTH OF LAMONT. * TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 640 PM CDT ON SUNDAY...5/25/2008. * INJURIES/FATALITIES...NONE. * EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 INTENSITY. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...90 MPH. * PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH WAS 2 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY FROM 4 MILES SOUTH OF LAMONT TO 5 SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF LAMONT. * DAMAGE INFORMATION...DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES.
TORNADO NUMBER 3...
* LOCATION...DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES...SOUTH OF PETERSBURG TO NORTH OF DYERSVILLE. * TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 730 PM TO 743 PM CDT ON SUNDAY...5/25/2008. * INJURIES/FATALITIES...NONE. * EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 INTENSITY. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...90 MPH. * PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 250 YARDS. PATH LENGTH WAS 7.75 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETERSBURG TO 3 MILES NORTH OF DYERSVILLE. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH STARTING POINT ARE 42.536 DEGREES NORTH... 91.270 DEGREES WEST. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH ENDING POINT ARE 42.513 DEGREES NORTH... 91.112 DEGREES WEST. * DAMAGE INFORMATION...TREES AND NUMEROUS FARM OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED. MORE THAN 1000 TREES DESTROYED AT NEW WINE PARK. TORNADO NUMBER 4...
* LOCATION...WESTERN IOWA COUNTY...SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * TIME OF OCCURRENCE...1106 TO 1119 PM CDT ON SUNDAY...5/25/2008. * INJURIES/FATALITIES...NONE. * EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 INTENSITY. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...90 MPH. * PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 250 YARDS. PATH LENGTH WAS 6 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM MILE MARKER 205 TO MILE MARKER 211 SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * DAMAGE INFORMATION...TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. ONE OUTBUILDING WAS DAMAGED AND ANOTHER WAS DESTROYED. A GRAIN BIN SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 NEAR VICTOR WAS BLOWN OVER. A TREE FELL ON A MOBILE HOME AND SEVERAL MACHINE SHEDS WERE DAMAGED.
TORNADO NUMBER 5...
* LOCATION...JOHNSON COUNTY...NORTH OF NORTH LIBERTY * TIME OF OCCURRENCE...1138 PM CDT ON SUNDAY...5/25/2008. * INJURIES/FATALITIES...NONE. * EF-SCALE RATING...EF-0 INTENSITY. * ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...85 MPH. * PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 100 YARDS. PATH LENGTH WAS 0.1 MILES. LOCATION: 2.8 NNW NORTH LIBERTY. LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES ARE 41.789 DEGREES NORTH... 91.610 DEGREES WEST TO 41.790 DEGREES NORTH...91.608 DEGREES WEST. * DAMAGE INFORMATION...GUTTERS...SIDING...AND SHINGLES WERE TORN OFF A HOUSE AND THE GARAGE DOOR WAS BLOWN IN. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED AND A FEW WERE SNAPPED OFF.
ENHANCED FUJITA /EF/ SCALE INFORMATION...
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BELOW NUMBERS ARE APPROXIMATE WIND SPEEDS FOR THE DAMAGE CATEGORIES.
EF0... 65 - 85 MPH EF1... 86 - 110 MPH EF2... 111 - 135 MPH EF3... 136 - 165 MPH EF4... 166 - 200 MPH EF5... 201 MPH OR GREATER