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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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