…LINN COUNTY TORNADO RATED EF-1…

BASED ON A STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN LINN COUNTY YESTERDAY…APRIL 26…2009.

LINN COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION…

* LOCATION…NEAR LAFAYETTE…NORTHEAST TO THE LINN/DELAWARE COUNTY BORDER NORTH OF PRAIRIEBURG.
* TIME…APPROXIMATELY 452 PM TO 510 PM 4/26/09.
* INJURIES/FATALITIES…NONE.
* EF-SCALE RATING…EF1.
* ESTIMATED WIND SPEED…100 MPH.
* MAX WIDTH…100 YARDS.
* PATH LENGTH…15 MILES.
* DAMAGE INFORMATION…ABOUT 6 FARMSTEADS SUFFERED DAMAGE. SEVERAL TREES WERE UPROOTED OR SNAPPED OFF. POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. SEVERAL HOMES SUSTAINED ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. FOUR CAMPERS WERE DESTROYED AT PINICON RIDGE PARK.

…DELAWARE COUNTY TORNADO RATED EF-1…

BASED ON A STORM SURVEY OF THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN DELAWARE COUNTY YESTERDAY…APRIL 26…2009.

THIS TORNADO ORIGINATED IN LINN COUNTY…ENTERING DELAWARE COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BUCK CREEK.
DELAWARE COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION…

* LOCATION…5 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF BUCK CREEK ALONG THE DELAWARE/LINN COUNTY BORDER…NORTHEAST TO 1.5 MILES NORTH OF BUCK CREEK.
* TIME…APPROXIMATELY 510 PM TO 530 PM 4/26/09.
* INJURIES/FATALITIES…NONE.
* EF-SCALE RATING…EF1.
* ESTIMATED WIND SPEED…100 MPH.
* MAX WIDTH…100 YARDS.
* PATH LENGTH…6 MILES.
* DAMAGE INFORMATION…A COUPLE OF FARMSTEADS SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND SOME POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

ENHANCED FUJITA /EF/ SCALE INFORMATION…

PLEASE NOTE THE NUMBERS BELOW ARE APPROXIMATE WIND SPEEDS FOR 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

Thus the total length of the tornado was 21 miles from near LaFayette (west of Alburnett) in Linn County to 1.5 miles north of Buck Creek in Delaware County.