The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has confirmed two tornadoes struck portions of Jackson and Scott counties in east central Iowa on the morning of July 17, 2016.

The first tornado began 0.6 miles southwest of Andrew, Iowa in Jackson county at 7:03 a.m. on July 17, 2016. The tornado lifted a very brief time later at 7:05 a.m. 0.4 miles east of Andrew. The end rating was an EF-1 with estimated peak winds of 100 MPH, a path length of 1 mile, and a maximum width of 50 yards. There were no fatalities or injuries.

Tornado crossed the southern parts of the town of Andrew. A building at the ag coop was destroyed and numerous trees were snapped.

Another tornado dropped down 1.7 miles SSW of Parkview, Iowa in Scott county at 7:25 a.m. This tornado was also very brief, lifting at 7:26 a.m. 2 miles SSE of Parkview. The end rating was an EF-0 with estimated peak winds of 80 MPH, a path length of 1 mile, and a maximum path width of 10 yards. There were no fatalities or injuries.

Limbs were snapped from a tree and corn crops were damaged.

The third tornado began at 5:01 a.m. on the south side of Vinton, Iowa and and remained on the ground through the southeast side until 5:03 a.m. The end rating was an EF-2 with an estimated peak wind of 135 MPH. There were five injuries associated with this tornado, which spanned a length of 1.62 miles and had a maximum width of 100 yards.

“The tornado tracked across the southern parts of Vinton, damaging buildings, trees, power poles, and other structures. The tornado first damaged trees, then hit the ball field where it destroyed fencing, the score board and a large light pole. It then tracked across several multi-family housing buildings, where it mainly removed the roof structures. From there the tornado intensifed as it struck a brick apartment building, when was unroofed and had parts of the walls blown out. The tornado then felled a cell phone tower and apparently began to weaken as it continued across a large field. The roofs of another eight homes were damaged as the tornado finally exited Vinton and continued into farmland where it dissipated.”

The final tornado formed at 5:15 a.m. 1.5 miles southeast of Norway, Iowa. The tornado dissipated at 5:21 a.m. 0.7 miles southeast of Walford. The end rating was an EF-2 with estimated peak winds of 115 MPH. The total length was 4 miles with a maximum path width of 75 yards. There were four injuries.

A tornado touched down southeast of Norway and tracked southeast to Walford. It damaged two farmsteads before reaching Walford. In Walford, it damaged the roofs of several homes. One home was completely destroyed when it collapsed on itself, apparently aided by wind-blown debris.

Information contained here is from a Public Information Statement released by the National Weather Service in the Quad Cities on Sunday and Monday afternoon. Information should be considered preliminary and is subject to change pending final review of the events and publication in NWS Storm Data.