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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA/IL  
929 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2025  
   
..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 7/11/2025 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #7
 
 
   
UPDATE
 
TO INCLUDE THE CASCADE, IOWA TORNADO.  
   
WEST OF VAN HORNE, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 105 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.80 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 20 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 03:17 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 N KEYSTONE / BENTON COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.0283 / -92.1996  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 03:21 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 W VAN HORNE / BENTON COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.0071 / -92.1326  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
EF1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 105 MPH HIT A FARM OUTBUILDING  
AROUND 320 PM. THE PATH CONTINUED THROUGH CORN HITTING A HOUSE,  
SNAPPING SOME TREES AND DESTROYING A GARAGE AT THE END OF ITS  
0.7 MILE LONG AND 20 YD WIDE PATH.  
   
CENTER POINT, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 4.37 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 03:35 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 SE WILDCAT BLUFF PARK / BENTON COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.1576 / -91.8486  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 03:39 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 1 SE CENTER POINT / LINN COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.175 / -91.7682  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH SOME RURAL RESIDENCES AND WOODED  
AREAS NEAR THE CEDAR RIVER IN FAR EASTERN BENTON AND FAR WESTERN  
LINN COUNTIES. DAMAGE WAS MAINLY TO TREES, INCLUDING NUMEROUS  
UPROOTED OR SNAPPED, THOUGH A FEW HOMES AND GARAGES HAD ROOF  
DAMAGE. THE TORNADO ENDED ON THE SOUTH END OF CENTER POINT.  
WITHIN THE TOWN OF CENTER POINT, DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE DUE TO  
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS.  
   
ALBURNETT, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF2  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 6.75 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 300 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 03:46 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 ENE CENTER POINT / LINN COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.2061 / -91.7142  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 03:53 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 NE ALBURNETT / LINN COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.1695 / -91.5924  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO INTENSIFIED RAPIDLY AFTER DEVELOPMENT, AND THERE WAS  
A VISUAL FROM A FARMSTEAD TO THE NORTH OF THE TORNADO DEVELOPING.  
A DOZEN LARGE TREES AT THE FIRST HOMESTEAD HIT WERE DOWNED, SOME  
THROWN, AND HEAVY OUTBUILDING, GARAGE, AND HOME ROOF DAMAGE.  
FURTHER THERE WERE OTHER HOMESTEADS/FARMSTEADS THAT HAD  
OUTBUILDING DAMAGE, UTILITY POLES DOWNED (IN ONE CASE THROWN),  
AND MANY TREES SNAPPED.  
   
LINN/JONES COUNTY, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 12.45 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 04:04 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: HOWARD H CHERRY SCOUT RESERVATION / LINN COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.1852 / -91.4567  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 04:16 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: LANGWORTHY / JONES COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.1872 / -91.2168  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO DEVELOPED JUST EAST OF THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER IN  
LINN COUNTY AND CROSSED INTO JONES COUNTY ENDING NEAR U.S.  
HIGHWAY 151. SNAPPED LARGE TREES WERE FOUND AT A FEW LOCATIONS,  
ALONG WITH ROOF DAMAGE TO A MOBILE HOME.  
   
HOPKINTON TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 1.62 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 04:17 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 ESE BUCK CREEK / DELAWARE COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.3216 / -91.3018  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 04:19 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 2 SSW HOPKINTON / DELAWARE COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.311 / -91.2737  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
BRIEF EF0 TORNADO WITH A 1.6 MILE LONG TRACK WAS IDENTIFIED FROM  
SATELLITE DATA AS WELL AS PICTURES FROM DELAWARE COUNTY EMA. THE  
WALL OF A FARM OUTBUILDING WAS DESTROYED ALONG WITH SOME TREE  
DAMAGE. THE PATH CONTINUED THROUGH SOME CROPS TO THE SOUTHEAST.  
   
NE JONES COUNTY, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 100 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 10.00 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 150 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 04:20 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 1 N SCOTCH GROVE / JONES COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.1821 / -91.1022  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 04:30 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 E TEMPLE HILL / JONES COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.239 / -90.923  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS TORNADO TRACKED THROUGH WOODED AREAS OF NORTHEAST JONES  
COUNTY. SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED, INCLUDING ALONG THE  
MAQUOKETA RIVER SUCH AS IN THE EBY'S MILL WILDLIFE AREA.  
   
CASCADE TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.40 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 50 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 04:32 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 N CASCADE / DUBUQUE COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.3395 / -91.0039  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 04:35 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 1 W FILLMORE / DUBUQUE COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.3169 / -90.9454  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
EF1 TORNADO WITH A MAXIMUM WIND OF 95MPH IDENTIFIED BY SATELLITE  
DATA AND CONFIRMED BY AERIAL SURVEY. THIS TORNADO AFFECTED  
MAINLY CROPS ACROSS ITS 3.4 MILE LONG PATH. TOWARDS THE END OF  
ITS PATH IT DESTROYED A LOOP BUILDING, REMOVED A ROOF OF A FARM  
OUTBUILDING AND DESTROYED A GARAGE AT A RESIDENCE. A WOMAN WAS  
TRAPPED IN THE GARAGE AS IT COLLAPSED AROUND HERE.  
   
BERNARD, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF1  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 95 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.82 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 25 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 04:45 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: BERNARD / DUBUQUE COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.3139 / -90.8319  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 04:46 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 1 ENE BERNARD / DUBUQUE COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.3168 / -90.8163  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
A 0.8 MILE LONG EF1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WIND SPEEDS OF 95 MPH  
CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES AND A COUNTY ROAD MAINTENANCE SHED IN  
BERNARD. THIS TORNADO WAS SURROUNDED BY STRAIGHT LINE WIND  
DAMAGE WITH WINDS FROM 80 TO 90 MPH.  
   
NE OF LA MOTTE, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF2  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 2.60 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 250 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 04:54 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 1 NNE LA MOTTE / JACKSON COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 42.3041 / -90.6178  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 04:57 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 3 ENE LA MOTTE / JACKSON COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 42.3163 / -90.57  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
EVIDENCE OF A MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO EF2 TORNADO OCCURRED ACROSS  
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY. THE TORNADO STARTED NORTH OF LA MOTTE  
WHERE IT DAMAGED THE ROOF OF AN AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY BUILDING.  
AS IT TRACKED EAST THE TORNADO DID DAMAGE TO TREES UNTIL HALFWAY  
THROUGH ITS 2.6 MILE PATH WHERE THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS  
FOUND. A LARGE FARM BUILDING LOST IT'S ENTIRE ROOF, ALONG WITH  
HALF OF IT'S WALLS. ROOF SHEET METAL WAS FOUND NORTH, SOUTH AND  
EAST OF THE STRUCTURE. INSULATION FROM THE ROOF WAS FOUND ON THE  
NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST SIDE OF THE REMAINING WALLS. A METAL POWER  
POLE WAS BENT ALONG WITH A FEW OTHER WOODEN POLES SNAP. ALL THIS  
DAMAGE SUPPORTED AN EF2 TORNADO. AS THE TORNADO MOVED EAST IT  
DESTROYED TWO MORE FARM BUILDINGS, NUMEROUS TREES AND THE ROOF OF  
A HOUSE.  
   
..DAVENPORT, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF2  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 120 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 7.60 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 500 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 05:03 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 2 ESE BLUE GRASS / SCOTT COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 41.4927 / -90.7339  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 05:13 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: 1 WNW DAVENPORT / SCOTT COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 41.5616 / -90.6265  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS QUICKLY STRENGTHENING TORNADO DEVELOPED SOUTHEAST OF BLUE  
GRASS AND MAINTAINED 100 TO 120 MPH WINDS FOR MUCH OF ITS PATH  
INTO DAVENPORT ENDING NEAR KIMBERLY RD. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT  
DAMAGE OCCURRED AT AN RV SALES BUSINESS AND ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL  
NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR I-280, AS WELL AS IN AND NEAR EMEIS GOLF  
COURSE. OVER 15 RVS WERE BLOWN OVER, SOME BLOWN 10 TO 15 FT. THE  
LARGEST TIPPED OVER RV WAS 25,000 LBS. IT WAS ESTIMATED OVER  
80 MODERATE TO LARGE TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE  
PATH, IN SOME PLACES WITH HIGH CONCENTRATION. AT LEAST TWO  
UNOCCUPIED VEHICLES HAD TREES FALL ON THEM.  
   
LE CLAIRE, IOWA TORNADO
 
 
RATING: EF0  
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 85 MPH  
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 3.90 MILES  
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 75 YARDS  
FATALITIES: 0  
INJURIES: 0  
 
START DATE: 07/11/2025  
START TIME: 05:33 PM CDT  
START LOCATION: 3 NW PLEASANT VALLEY / SCOTT COUNTY / IA  
START LAT/LON: 41.6049 / -90.4489  
 
END DATE: 07/11/2025  
END TIME: 05:36 PM CDT  
END LOCATION: LE CLAIRE / SCOTT COUNTY / IA  
END LAT/LON: 41.6018 / -90.3737  
 
SURVEY SUMMARY:  
THIS SHORT-LIVED TORNADO PEELED A ~45 X 40 SHEET METAL SECTION OF  
AN OUTBUILDING ROOF AND THREW IT OVER 100 YARDS INTO A CORN  
FIELD. THERE WERE ALSO CROP AND MINOR TREE DAMAGE, AND A NEARBY  
BILLBOARD WITH SOME DAMAGE.  
 

 
 
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE  
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:  
 
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH  
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH  
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH  
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH  
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH  
EF5.....>200 MPH  
 
NOTE:  
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO  
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENT AND PUBLICATION IN  
NWS STORM DATA.  
 

 
 
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