426 
NOUS43 KDVN 142155
PNSDVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-150130-

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

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS FROM BENTON COUNTY IOWA...

HERE ARE SOME OF THE STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR A TORNADO IN BENTON 
COUNTY IOWA 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 BENTON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...HIGH F0...ESTIMATED 70 MPH
*  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED AT 758 PM
*  PATH WIDTH 150 YARDS
*  BRIEF TOUCHDOWN
*  LOCATION...THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTH OF NEWHALL IOWA ON 
COUNTY ROUTE W14.
*  DAMAGE...POWER POLES WERE SNAPPED WITH DAMAGE TO A FENCE.


STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE IN BENTON COUNTY...IOWA
*  INTENSITY...ESTIMATED 70 MPH
*  PATH WIDTH...1 MILE
*  DAMAGE...OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED...TREE AND ROOF DAMAGE...MINOR 
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT.
*  LOCATION...WIND DAMAGE BEGAN 1 MILE SOUTH OF VAN HORNE AT 20TH 
AVENUE AND CONTINUED EASTWARD TO 1 MILE WEST OF NEWHALL.


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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