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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI  
220 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009  
   
..RESULTS FROM STORM SURVEY IN IOWA COUNTY
 
 
NOTE: ALL OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT SHOULD BE  
CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY...AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE UPON FURTHER REVIEW.  
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED STORM DAMAGE IN  
IOWA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT A BRIEF  
TORNADO SPUN UP ABOUT 5.3 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF HIGHLAND. THE  
EXACT INTERSECTION WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED WAS HIGHWAY P AND  
COUNCIL BLUFFS ROAD.  
 
THE TORNADO BEGAN AT APPROXIMATELY 1127 PM...AND WAS ONLY ON THE  
GROUND FOR A BRIEF TIME. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.2 MILES AND THE  
MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH WAS ABOUT 75 TO 100 YARDS.  
 
THE TORNADO DAMAGE HAS BEEN ASSIGNED A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-0  
ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE. AN EF-0 RATING CORRESPONDS TO  
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 65 TO 85 MPH. MAINLY TREE DAMAGE WAS  
OBSERVED IN THE AREA OF THE TORNADO SPIN UP.  
 
A TORNADO WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR IOWA COUNTY AT 1110 PM CDT.  
 

 
 
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