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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
511 PM CDT MON OCT 1 2007

...FINAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FOR MARION...JASPER AND POWESHIEK TORNADOES...

THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER
MARION...JASPER AND POWESHIEK COUNTIES ON SEPTEMBER 30 2007.

* EVENT DATE: SEPTEMBER 30 2007

* ESTIMATED START TIME: 626 PM

* EVENT TYPE: EF2 TORNADO AND EF1 TORNADO

* EVENT LOCATION: EF2 TORNADO TRACK FROM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  PELLA TO 2 MILES WEST OF MALCOM. EF1 TORNADO TRACK FROM 2.5
  MILES NORTHWEST OF MALCOM TO 4 MILES NORTH OF MALCOM.

* PEAK WIND: EF2 TORNADO PEAK WIND SPEED WAS ABOUT 125 MPH
  SOUTHEAST OF SULLY NEAR THE JASPER MAHASKA COUNTY LINE. EF1
  TORNADO PEAK WIND WAS 105 MPH AT A FARM NORTHWEST OF MALCOM.

* AVERAGE PATH WIDTH: EF2 TORNADO WAS WIDE IN PLACES...UP TO
  7/10THS OF A MILE WIDE. EF1 TORNADO WAS NOT AS WIDE WITH MAXIMUM
  PATH WIDTH OF 150 YARDS.

* PATH LENGTH: EF2 TORNADO WAS 22 MILES LONG. THE EF1 TORNADO WAS
  ABOUT 5.5 MILES

* INJURIES: NONE

* FATALITIES: NONE

LOOK FOR A DETAILED REPORT WHICH WILL BE POSTED ON THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES BY 9 PM THIS
EVENING.

SOME OF THE INFORMATION IN THIS SURVEY REPORT WAS PROVIDED BY IOWA
HELICOPTER. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE APPRECIATES THIS
PARTNERSHIP IN PROVIDING AERIAL SURVEY INFORMATION.

&&

FOR REFERENCE...THE 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.

$$

SMALL/JOHNSON