(Des Moines, Iowa) – Officials with the National Weather Service Thursday evening issued a preliminary assessment of the damage caused by a tornado the struck near Atlantic Wednesday evening. The report says an EF-2 tornado (“Atlantic tornado”) traveled approximately 26.1 miles, beginning from southwest of Atlantic at around 4:50-p.m. and continuing to  Exira before dissipating near Hamlin 5:08-p.m.

Atlantic Tornado data

The twister, which was captured on at least three video recordings, had estimated peak wind gusts of between 115-and 120 miles per hour. No injuries or deaths were attributed to the event. The Weather Service says also, they are investigating five tornadoes in Iowa: 4 were EF-2; 1 was an EF-unknown;2 twisters had paths 26-miles long. Additional tornadoes are likely to be confirmed as the data is analyzed.