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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 
840 PM CDT MON MAY 26 2008

...TORNADO SURVEY AND DAMAGE INFORMATION FOR BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE
COUNTIES...

A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SURVEY TEAM CONFIRMED TWO TORNADOES
OCCURRED SUNDAY EVENING IN PORTIONS OF BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE
COUNTIES. THE INFORMATION IS LISTED BELOW. 

AN ADDITIONAL SWATH OF DAMAGE WAS NOTED OVER BUCHANAN COUNTY NORTH 
OF HIGHWAY 20 NEAR LAMONT. THE STORM SURVEY INVESTIGATION IS STILL 
ONGOING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THIS DAMAGE.   

TORNADO NUMBER 1...

*  LOCATION...BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES...FROM NEAR FAIRBANK TO
   NEAR ONEIDA. 
*  TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 605 PM TO 710 PM CDT ON 
   SUNDAY...5/25/2008.
*  INJURIES/FATALITIES...3 INJURIES.
*  EF-SCALE RATING...EF-3 INTENSITY.
*  ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...160 MPH.
*  PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 0.7 MILES WIDE. PATH LENGTH WAS
   32.4 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 2.9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF 
   FAIRBANK TO 2.25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONEIDA.  
   LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH STARTING POINT ARE
   42.603 DEGREES NORTH... 92.018 DEGREES WEST. 
   LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH ENDING POINT ARE
   42.564 DEGREES NORTH... 91.392 DEGREES WEST.
*  DAMAGE INFORMATION...3 HOMES DESTROYED. NUMEROUS FARMSTEADS AND
   OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED. TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN. MANY HOMES
   WITH ROOF DAMAGE. SOUTH EDGE OF HAZELTON SEVERAL NON ANCHORED MOBILE
   HOMES AT DEALERSHIP WERE DESTROYED.  

TORNADO NUMBER 2...

*  LOCATION...EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY...SOUTH OF PETERSBURG. 
*  TIME OF OCCURRENCE...ESTIMATED 730 PM TO 740 PM CDT ON 
   SUNDAY...5/25/2008.
*  INJURIES/FATALITIES...NO INJURIES.
*  EF-SCALE RATING...EF-1 INTENSITY.
*  ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...90 MPH.
*  PATH INFORMATION...PATH WIDTH WAS 250 YARDS WIDE. PATH LENGTH WAS 
   6 MILES. THE PATH EXTENDED FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETERSBURG
   TO 3.5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PETERSBURG.  
   LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH STARTING POINT ARE
   42.536 DEGREES NORTH... 91.270 DEGREES WEST. 
   LATITUDE/LONGITUDE COORDINATES OF THE PATH ENDING POINT ARE
   42.532 DEGREES NORTH... 91.154 DEGREES WEST.
*  DAMAGE INFORMATION...TREES AND NUMEROUS FARM OUTBUILDINGS DAMAGED.  

ENHANCED FUJITA /EF/ SCALE INFORMATION...

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE BELOW NUMBERS ARE APPROXIMATE WIND SPEEDS FOR 
THE DAMAGE CATEGORIES.

EF0... 65 - 85 MPH
EF1... 86 - 110 MPH
EF2... 111 - 135 MPH
EF3... 136 - 165 MPH
EF4... 166 - 200 MPH
EF5... 201 MPH OR GREATER

FOR MORE INFORMATION...PLEASE VISIT THE NOAA/NWS QUAD CITIES WEB PAGE
AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES OR CALL 563-386-3976.

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