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

...INITIAL DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM LINN COUNTY...

HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR A TORNADO IN LINN
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 LINN COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...F0...WITH WIND SPEEDS AROUND 70 MPH.
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AROUND 742 PM
*  PATH LENGTH 1 MILE
*  PATH WIDTH 200 YARDS
*  PATH BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HOME ROAD AND NORTH
10TH STREET.  THE TORNADO MOVED EAST DOWN COUNTY HOME ROAD.
*  FURTHER DAMAGE SURVEY DETAILS WILL BE PROVIDED IN A LATER
STATEMENT.

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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