PRELIMINARY REPORT: TORNADO CONFIRMED NEAR PARIS, IOWA
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE POST STORM DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TEAM
DISPATCHED TO LINN COUNTY IOWA HAS CONFIRMED AN EF1 TORNADO
OCCURRED ON THE EVENING OF JULY 18, 2007 NEAR PARIS, IA - LOCATION: NEAR PARIS, IOWA...OR 14.5 MILES NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA...OR 5.5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL CITY, IOWA
- ESTIMATED TIME: 7:15 PM CDT
- EF SCALE RATING: EF1...WITH WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 100 MPH
- PATH LENGTH: UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME
- PATH WIDTH: UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME
- INJURES: NONE REPORTED
- DAMAGE: ONE FARM SHED WAS DESTROYED. ONE FARM SHED HAD PART OF ITS ROOF RIPPED OFF. AREA CROPS AND TREES ALSO SUSTAINED DAMAGE.
THE CIVIL AIR PATROL WILL BE CONDUCTING AN AERIAL SURVEY OF LINN AND JONES COUNTIES. UPDATED INFORMATION WILL BE FORTHCOMING AS DETAILS ARE MADE KNOWN.
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