NWS DAMAGE SURVEY EFFORTS ARE ONGOING AT THIS TIME. PRELIMINARY SURVEY RESULTS FROM NEAR WINTERSET NORTHEAST INTO TAMA COUNTY WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL LATER TODAY (Monday)..

NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN NWS STORM DATA.

GARDEN GROVE/HUMESTON TORNADO…

EF-2 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST NORTHEAST OF LEON AND CONTINUED NORTHEAST, GRAZING GARDEN GROVE AND HUMESTON BEFORE ENDING JUST NORTHEAST OF DERBY IN LUCAS COUNTY.

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 122 MPH; PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 19.1 MILES; PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD

FATALITIES: 0; INJURIES: 0

START DATE: 3/5/2022, START TIME: 507 PM, START LOCATION: 2.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF LEON;

END DATE: 3/5/2-22, END TIME: 534 PM, END LOCATION: 1.2 MILES EAST OF DERBY

CHARITON/RED HAW STATE PARK TORNADO…

EF-3 TORNADO DEVELOPED AS THE PREVIOUS TORNADO WEAKENED NEAR DERBY. THE TORNADO TRACKED JUST SOUTH OF CHARITON, TAKING A DIRECT PATH THROUGH RED HAW STATE PARK.

ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 138 MPH; PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 16.5 MILES; PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD

FATALITIES: 1, INJURIES: 1

START DATE: 3/5/2022, START TIME: 530 PM, START LOCATION: 2.4 MILES SOUTH OF DERBY

END DATE: 3/5/2022, END TIME: 554 PM, END LOCATION: 5.5 MILES EAST OF CHARITON

ALLERTON/CORYDON TORNADO…

AN EF-2 TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST SOUTHWEST OF ALLERTON AND SKIRTED THE SOUTHEAST EDGE OF THE COMMUNITY. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED NORTHEAST, EVENTUALLY PASSING JUST EAST OF CORYDON.
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 118 MPH; PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.5 MILES; PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: TBD
FATALITIES: 0, INJURIES: 0

START DATE: 3/5/2022, START TIME: 538 PM, START LOCATION: 1.5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALLERTON

END DATE: 3/5/2022, END TIME: 548 PM, END LOCATION: 2 MILES EAST OF CORYDON

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EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES
TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATAGORIES.

EF0…WEAK……65 TO 85 MPH
EF1…WEAK……86 TO 110 MPH
EF2…STRONG….111 TO 135 MPH
EF3…STRONG….136 TO 165 MPH
EF4…VIOLENT…166 TO 200 MPH
EF5…VIOLENT…>200 MPH