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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
248 PM CDT WED MAY 2 2012

...FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR STORY COUNTY...

...STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAUSED DAMAGE ACROSS STORY
COUNTY...

THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER
STORY COUNTY ON MAY 2 2102.

* EVENT DATE: MAY 2 2102

* ESTIMATED START TIME: ABOUT 150 AM

* EVENT TYPE: STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WINDS 

* EVENT LOCATION: NORTHERN STORY COUNTY INCLUDING THE NORTH SIDE
  OF AMES.  

* PEAK WIND: AROUND 85 MPH

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH: THE DAMAGING WIND PATH IN NORTH AMES WAS A
  HALF MILE WIDE OR LESS. THE PATH WIDTH IS UNKNOWN IN THE RURAL
  PARTS OF STORY COUNTY.


* PATH LENGTH: THE DAMAGE PATH IN NORTH AMES WAS BETWEEN THREE AND
  FIVE MILES. THE PATH LENGTH IS UNKNOWN IN THE RURAL PARTS OF
  STORY COUNTY.

* INJURIES: NONE 

* FATALITIES: NONE

* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED BY
  STORY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY
  METEOROLOGISTS. THE DATA WAS SHARED WITH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
  SERVICE WHO CONCLUDED IT WAS WIND DAMAGE BASED ON THE CHARACTOR
  AND DEGREE OF THE DAMAGE AND RADAR IMAGERY.

  BOONE COUNTY EMERGENCY IS ALSO SURVEYING WIND DAMAGE IN NORTHERN
  BOONE COUNTY BUT NO CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE ABOUT THE DAMAGE
  THERE.

  THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THANKS STORY COUNTY EMERGENCY
  MANAGEMENT AND IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THEIR HELP IN PROVIDING
  SURVEY INFORMATION. 

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FOR REFERENCE...THE ENHANCED FUJITA TORNADO SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:

EF0...WIND SPEEDS 65 TO 85 MPH.
EF1...WIND SPEEDS 86 TO 110 MPH.
EF2...WIND SPEEDS 111 TO 135 MPH.
EF3...WIND SPEEDS 136 TO 165 MPH.
EF4...WIND SPEEDS 166 TO 200 MPH.
EF5...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 200 MPH.

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