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

...PRELIMINARY DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM JOHNSON COUNTY...

HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR TORNADOS IN JOHNSON
COUNTY 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 IN JOHNSON COUNTY...IOWA
*  PRELIMINARY INTENSITY...HIGH END F2 DAMAGE WITH WIND SPEEDS OF
150 MPH.
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AROUND 800 PM
*  PATH LENGTH 4 1/2 MILES
*  PATH WIDTH ONE THIRD OF A MILE.
*  PATH BEGAN AT THE INTERSECTION OF 218 AND HIGHWAY 1 AND MOVED
NORTHEAST ACROSS IOWA CITY.
*  30 PERSONS HAVE BEEN ADMITTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS WITH MINOR
INJURIES.

THE STORM SURVEY TEAM IS MOVING TO SURVEY OTHER TORNADO REPORTS IN
JOHNSON COUNTY...WHERE 5...PERHAPS AS MANY AS 7 TORNADOS MAY HAVE
OCCURRED.

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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