Three tornadoes have been confirmed so far in the state of Iowa. All three occurred in Clinton County last night with the same thunderstorm complex. Damage was mainly confined to trees and outbuildings except in the Low Moor tornado which hit the Royal Pines Mobile Home Park just west of Clinton (should be noted this same mobile home park was nearly hit by the April tornado last year). Some mobile homes were flipped and some gas leaks were reported. Everyone was accounted for at the Mobile Home park with only a few injuries. The other tornadoes confirmed were just across the river in Illinois which went from the east side of East Moline to Rapids City (EF2) that injured 10 and a mile wide EF2 tornado that was on the ground for 16 miles from Good Hope IL (north of Macomb) to south of St. Augustine IL (in northwestern Fulton County IL). There could be more tornadoes confirmed later on.
…NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 03/15/2016 TORNADO EVENT…
ADDITIONAL SURVEYS ARE BEING COMPLETED AND WILL BE AVAILIBLE
LATER IN THE DAY.
.TORNADO #2 – MCCAUSLAND…IA…
RATING: EF-0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.2 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAR 15 2016
START TIME: 733 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1 NNE MCCAUSLAND / SCOTT / IA START LAT/LON:
41.7592 / -90.4356
END DATE: MAR 15 2016
END TIME: 735 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1.8 NE MCCAUSLAND / CLINTON / IA
END LAT/LON: 41.7579 / -90.4130
AN EF-0 TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE MAINLY TO TREES.
.TORNADO #3 – LOW MOOR…IA…
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 90 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: AT LEAST 3
START DATE: MAR 15 2016
START TIME: 749 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 1.7 E LOW MOOR / CLINTON / IA
START LAT/LON: 41.8052 / -90.3175
END DATE: MAR 15 2016
END TIME: 751 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 2.9 NE LOW MOOR / CLINTON / IA
END LAT/LON: 41.8194 / -90.2995
AN EF-1 TORNADO HIT A MOBILE HOME PARK, DESTROYING AT LEAST 5
MOBILE HOMES AND DAMAGING NUMEROUS OTHERS. AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE
WERE INJURED.
.TORNADO #4 – ANDOVER…IA…
RATING: EF-1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.4 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: MAR 15 2016
START TIME: 757 PM CDT
START LOCATION: 6.7 NW CLINTON
START LAT/LON: 41.9164 / -90.2883
END DATE: MAR 15 2016
END TIME: 801 PM CDT
END LOCATION: 1.7 SSW ANDOVER
END LAT/LON: 41.9556 / -90.2488
AN EF-1 TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST…DAMAGING MAINLY FARM
OUTBUILDINGS AND TREES.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES BASED ON THE DAMAGE THEY CAUSE.
EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS
STORM DATA.
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DC