PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
514 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY RESULTS FOR BENTON COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GARRISON AND VINTON…

LOCATION: GARRISON IOWA…430 AM CDT ON JULY 11 2011.

ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 110 TO 130 MPH.

DAMAGE:

* WIDESPREAD DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES INCLUDING MANY ROOFS PARTIALLY OR FULLY REMOVED. SOME BUILDINGS HAD COLLAPSED WALLS.

* NEARLY EVERY TREE SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED OR SNAPPED OFF IN
TOWN.

* WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.

LOCATION: VINTON IOWA…435 AM CDT JULY 11 2011

ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS: STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 110 MPH.

DAMAGE:

* NUMEROUS STRUCTURES SUFFERED MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE.

* MOST TREES SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGED OR SNAPPED OFF.

* SIGNIFICANT POWER OUTAGES.

STORM SURVEYS ARE ONGOING. FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE NEAR FUTURE.