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PNSDVN
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED TOWN NAME SPELLING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
227 PM CDT FRI APR 14 2006

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM MUSCATINE COUNTY IN IOWA AND
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN ILLINOIS...

HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR A TORNADO WHICH
BEGAN IN MUSCATINE COUNTY AND CONTINUED INTO ROCK ISLAND 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...

A TORNADO OCCURRED IN MUSCATINE COUNTY IOWA...AND ROCK ISLAND
COUNTY ILLINOIS.  THE SURVEY HAS RATED THIS TORNADO AT F0 IN
MUSCATINE COUNTY. THE PATH OF THE TORNADO BEGAN A HALF MILE SOUTH OF
THE INTERSECTION OF BURLINGTON STREET AND THE HIGHWAY 61 BYPASS.  THE
TORNADO CONTINUES EAST PAST THE INTERSECTION OF BUSINESS HIGHWAY 61
AND THE 61 BYPASS.

AFTER THIS POINT THE TORNADO APPEARS TO HAVE CROSSED OVER TO ILLINOIS
IN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY...WITH INTERMITTENT F0 DAMAGE CONTINUING TO
BUFFALO PRAIRIE ILLINOIS.  THE DAMAGE PATH IS APPROXIMATELY ONE
EIGHTH OF A MILE WIDE.  THE DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM IS STILL WORKING ON
THIS PORTION OF THE PATH OF THE TORNADO.  FURTHER DAMAGE SURVEY
RESULTS WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

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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