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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA/IL
1242 PM CDT Wed Jul 17 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 07/15/2024 Tornado Event Update #3...

.Update...to include two short-lived EFO tornadoes, making the current
total for the July 15, 2024 event of 5 tornadoes in the NWS Quad Cities
County Warning Area.

...Fairport, IA Area Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    75 mph
Path Length /statute/:  3.05 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/14/2024
Start Time:             07:02 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 WSW Fairport Recreation Area / Muscatine County IA
Start Lat/Lon:          41.432 / -90.9313

End Date:               07/14/2024
End Time:               07:05 PM CDT
End Location:           1 ESE Fairport / Rock Island County IL
End Lat/Lon:            41.4261 / -90.8732

Survey Summary:
Tornado started over the Mississippi River as a waterspout,
captured on video. This tornado continued across the river,
resulting in uprooted trees and large branches down on the
Illinois side of the river, across from Fairport.


...Hale, IA Area Tornado...

Rating:                 EF0
Estimated Peak Wind:    85 mph
Path Length /statute/:  1.51 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             07/15/2024
Start Time:             06:18 PM CDT
Start Location:         1 WNW Hale / Jones County IA
Start Lat/Lon:          42.0237 / -91.0839

End Date:               07/15/2024
End Time:               06:21 PM CDT
End Location:           1 S Hale / Jones County IA
End Lat/Lon:            42.0044 / -91.0701

Survey Summary:
Tornado started in a field, flattening corn along its path. The
tornado continued towards a farmstead, resulting in damage to the
roof of the house, along with an aged metal structure toppling
over on the house. Tornado continued to do damage to trees along
its path, ending just across the Wapsipinicon River.

&&

EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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