117 
NOUS43 KDVN 142323 CCA
PNSDVN
IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-142330-

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

...STORM DAMAGE SURVEY RESULTS UPDATE FOR SOUTHERN ROCK ISLAND AND 
NORTHERN MERCER COUNTIES IN ILLINOIS...

THIS STORM APPEARS TO BE A CONTINUATION OF THE TORNADO WHICH STARTED 
IN MUSCATINE.  SPOTTERS REPORTED SEEING THE TORNADO CROSS THE 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  INTIAL ASSESSMENTS INDICATE A PATH ALONG THE 
MERCER AND ROCK ISLAND COUNTY BORDER FROM NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 
EASTWARD TO ABOUT 4-5 MILES EAST OF BUFFALO PRAIRIE.

MAXIMUM STRENGTH OF THIS TORNADO WAS RATED F1.  MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH 
WAS UP TO ONE-HALF MILE.

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.

$$

WOLF