PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
315 PM CDT THU AUG 20 2009

STORM SURVEY RESULTS REGARDING THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED IN BUCHANAN AND JONES COUNTIES ON AUGUST 19…2009.

LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON AUGUST 19…A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO EASTERN IOWA. THIS LINE CONTAINED EMBEDDED CIRCULATIONS…TWO OF WHICH PRODUCED TORNADOES. IN ADDITION…SOME AREAS NORTHEAST OF MARTELLE IOWA EXPERIENCED ISOLATED DOWNBURST WINDS. THESE WINDS
WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO CAUSE TREE DAMAGE AND DESTROY A CORN CRIB AT A FARMSTEAD.

…BUCHANAN COUNTY TORNADO RATED EF-1…

BUCHANAN COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION…

* LOCATION… 2 SOUTH OF STANLEY…TO 2 SOUTHEAST OF STANLEY.
* TIME…APPROXIMATELY 430 PM TO 445 PM 8/19/09.
* INJURIES/FATALITIES…NONE.
* EF-SCALE RATING…EF1.
* ESTIMATED WIND SPEED…95 MPH.
* MAX WIDTH…100 YARDS.
* PATH LENGTH…APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES.
* DAMAGE INFORMATION…TWO FARMSTEADS DAMAGED…TWO HOG
CONFINEMENTS DAMAGED…HOME LOST MOST OF ROOF…SILO
DAMAGED…BACK WALL OF POLE BUILDING BLOWN OUT…AND TREES DOWN.

…JONES COUNTY TORNADO RATED EF-0…

JONES COUNTY TORNADO INFORMATION…

* LOCATION…NORTH EDGE OF MARTELLE.
* TIME…APPROXIMATELY 420 PM TO 425 PM 8/19/09.
* INJURIES/FATALITIES…NONE.
* EF-SCALE RATING…EF0.
* ESTIMATED WIND SPEED…80 MPH.
* MAX WIDTH…50 YARDS.
* PATH LENGTH…APPROXIMATELY 1/10 OF A MILE.
* DAMAGE INFORMATION…MINOR TREE DAMAGE…TRUNKS SNAPPED…AND
A COUPLE UPROOTED.

The other tornado information from NE Iowa will come out from the LaCrosse NWS Office.