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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
750 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY IOWA...

HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR SEVERAL TORNADOES IN 
JOHNSON COUNTY IOWA ON THE EVENING OF APRIL 13 2006

A STORM SURVEY TEAM FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN THE
QUAD CITIES HAS INITIALLY DETERMINED THE FOLLOWING...

TORNADO 1 IN IOWA CITY...JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...HIGH F2...ESTIMATED 150 MPH
*  INJURIES...ESTIMATED 30 TREATED AT LOCAL HOSPITALS
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT 830 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 0.3 MILES
*  PATH LENGTH 4.5 MILES
*  PATH BEGAN AT INTERSECTION OF 218 AND HIGHWAY 1 AND MOVED
   NORTHEAST THROUGH DOWNTOWN IOWA CITY. THE PATH ENDED JUST SOUTH
   INTERSTATE 80 HIGHWAY 1 EXIT.
*  DAMAGE...CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH...WITH PARTIAL TO COMPLETE ROOF 
   LOSS AS WELL AS UTILITY...TREE...AND VEHICLE DAMAGE.

TORNADO 2 IN IOWA CITY..JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...UNKNOWN
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT 830 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 0.1 MILES
*  PATH LENGTH 1.0 MILES
*  SHORT DAMAGE PATH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF IOWA CITY. CAUSED BY 
   NARROW TORNADO OBSERVED BY PUBLIC.

TORNADO 3 NEAR SHARON CENTER IN JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...F1...ESTIMATED 80 MPH
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 820 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 0.2 MILES
*  PATH LENGTH 3.5 MILES
*  PATH BEGAN NEAR INTERSECTION OF SHARON CENTER ROAD/W62 AND 530TH  
   STREET...AND ENDED 1/2 MILE EAST OF INTERSECTION OF F62 AND 
   LACKENDER AVENUE.
*  DAMAGE...CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH...WITH TREE DAMAGE AND SOME FARM 
   OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED.

TORNADO 4 NORTHEAST OF HILLS...JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...HIGH F1...ESTIMATED 110 MPH
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 830 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 0.4 MILES
*  PATH LENGTH 5.4 MILES
*  PATH BEGAN NEAR INTERSECTION OF TAFT AVENUE AND 480TH 
   STREET...AND MOVED EAST NORTHEAST CROSSING HIGHWAY 6...1 MILE EAST 
   OF THE INTERSECTION WITH X14...THE TORNADO THEN CURVED NORTH AND 
   ENDED 0.3 MILES NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF WHITE OAK AVENUE AND 
   400TH STREET.
*  DAMAGE...CONTINUOUS DAMAGE PATH...WITH TREE DAMAGE AND FARM 
   OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED AND UNROOFED. A MOBILE HOME WAS DESTROYED...AS 
   WELL AS A PORTION OF A ROOF ON A HOME.

TORNADO 5 EAST OF LONE TREE...JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...F0...ESTIMATED 60 MPH
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 910 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 0.1 MILES
*  PATH LENGTH 0.5 MILES...AND CONTINUED INTO MUSCATINE COUNTY.
*  PATH BEGAN 0.2 SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 22...0.5 MILES WEST OF THE COUNTY 
   LINE...AND ENDED IN MUSCATINE COUNTY.
*  DAMAGE...MINOR DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDING AND SOME TREE DAMAGE.

TORNADO 6 EXTREME SOUTHEAST JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA 
*  INTENSITY...F0...ESTIMATED 60 MPH
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED ABOUT 915 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 0.1 MILES
*  PATH LENGTH 0.8 MILES...AND CONTINUED INTO MUSCATINE COUNTY. 
*  PATH BEGAN NEAR INTERSECTION OF WAPELLO AVENUE AND 680TH 
   STREET...AND CONTINUED INTO MUSCATINE COUNTY.
*  DAMAGE...MINOR DAMAGE TO FARM OUTBUILDING AND SOME TREE DAMAGE.

TORNADO 7 NEAR OXFORD...JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA.
*  A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR OXFORD AT 802 PM...BUT A 
   DAMAGE PATH COULD NOT BE FOUND. 

FUJITA SCALE
------------
F0    40-72 MPH
F1    73-112 MPH
F2   113-157 MPH
F3   158-206 MPH
F4   207-260 MPH
F5   260-318 MPH

NOTE THAT THESE ARE APPROXIMATE WIND SPEEDS FOR THE DAMAGE
CATEGORIES.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NWS QUAD CITIES
WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/DVN/ OR CALL 563-386-3976.

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