Public Information Statement
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
Issued by NWS Des Moines, IA
512 NOUS43 KDMX 292030 CCA PNSDMX IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-300830- Public Information Statement...Correction National Weather Service Des Moines IA 329 PM CDT Mon Apr 29 2024 ...NWS Damage Survey for April 26, 2024 Tornado Event Update #2... .Update...After further surveys and analysis, additional tracks and adjustments have been made. The list below includes previously reported tornadoes along with new tornadoes which have been found since the initial Public Information Statement on this event. At this time, the total number of tornadoes which affected the National Weather Service Des Moines forecast area is 19. This includes two tornadoes which crossed into the Des Moines forecast area from Omaha`s area and one tornado which crossed from Missouri into southern Iowa. .Manilla Tornado #1... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 112 mph Path Length /statute/: 9.24 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 06:28 PM CDT Start Location: 2 SSW Manilla / Shelby County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.8593 / -95.2603 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 06:44 PM CDT End Location: 5 SSW Vail / Crawford County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.9923 / -95.243 .Buck Grove Tornado... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 2.02 miles Path Width /maximum/: 40 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 06:31 PM CDT Start Location: 3 N Defiance / Crawford County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.8734 / -95.3328 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 06:34 PM CDT End Location: 3 ESE Buck Grove / Crawford County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.9025 / -95.3319 .Manilla Tornado #2... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 107 mph Path Length /statute/: 12.32 miles Path Width /maximum/: 200 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 06:51 PM CDT Start Location: Defiance / Shelby County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.83 / -95.3325 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:08 PM CDT End Location: 5 S Vail / Crawford County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.9809 / -95.2084 .Creston Tornado #1... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 125 mph Path Length /statute/: 8.41 miles Path Width /maximum/: 350 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 06:52 PM CDT Start Location: 3 NW Kent / Adams County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 40.982 / -94.4914 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:08 PM CDT End Location: 1 NW Creston / Union County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.0698 / -94.3807 .Creston Tornado #2... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 2.86 miles Path Width /maximum/: 80 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:14 PM CDT Start Location: 4 NE Creston / Union County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.1073 / -94.3169 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:19 PM CDT End Location: 7 NE Creston / Union County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.135 / -94.2763 .Afton (East) Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 130 mph Path Length /statute/: 13.91 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:19 PM CDT Start Location: 4 W Afton / Union County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.0195 / -94.27 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:45 PM CDT End Location: 4 NW Lorimor / Madison County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.1761 / -94.1093 .Redding Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 7.32 miles Path Width /maximum/: 300 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:27 PM CDT Start Location: 2 S Redding / Ringgold County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 40.5714 / -94.3906 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:41 PM CDT End Location: 1 E Delphos / Ringgold County / IA End Lat/Lon: 40.6595 / -94.3133 .Mount Ayr Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 11.74 miles Path Width /maximum/: 300 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:36 PM CDT Start Location: 3 SSE Delphos / Ringgold County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 40.6157 / -94.3071 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:53 PM CDT End Location: 4 ENE Mount Ayr / Ringgold County / IA End Lat/Lon: 40.7438 / -94.1615 .Twelve Mile Lake Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 100 mph Path Length /statute/: 9.67 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:38 PM CDT Start Location: 5 E Kent / Union County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 40.9676 / -94.3476 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:54 PM CDT End Location: 4 NNW Afton / Union County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.0792 / -94.2388 .Beaconsfield Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 110 mph Path Length /statute/: 9.08 miles Path Width /maximum/: 250 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:50 PM CDT Start Location: 5 WNW Kellerton / Ringgold County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 40.73 / -94.1375 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 08:08 PM CDT End Location: 2 NNE Beaconsfield / Ringgold County / IA End Lat/Lon: 40.834 / -94.0317 .Afton (West) Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 125 mph Path Length /statute/: 6.23 miles Path Width /maximum/: 130 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:52 PM CDT Start Location: 3 WNW Afton / Union County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.0402 / -94.2504 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 08:01 PM CDT End Location: 6 N Afton / Union County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.113 / -94.1819 .East Peru Tornado... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 0.56 miles Path Width /maximum/: 30 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 07:57 PM CDT Start Location: 4 WNW East Peru / Madison County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.2467 / -94.0068 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 07:58 PM CDT End Location: 4 WNW East Peru / Madison County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.2532 / -94.0003 .Patterson Tornado... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 0.95 miles Path Width /maximum/: 30 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 08:16 PM CDT Start Location: Patterson / Madison County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.3496 / -93.8705 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 08:18 PM CDT End Location: 1 NE Patterson / Madison County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.3622 / -93.863 .Tingley Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 120 mph Path Length /statute/: 10.31 miles Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 08:19 PM CDT Start Location: 3 SE Diagonal / Ringgold County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 40.7828 / -94.2923 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 08:36 PM CDT End Location: 3 NE Tingley / Ringgold County / IA End Lat/Lon: 40.8795 / -94.1448 .Maffit Tornado... Rating: EF0 Estimated Peak Wind: 80 mph Path Length /statute/: 3.66 miles Path Width /maximum/: 30 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 08:20 PM CDT Start Location: 4 W Cumming / Madison County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.4856 / -93.8423 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 08:28 PM CDT End Location: 3 NNW Cumming / Dallas County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.5232 / -93.793 .Osceola Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 135 mph Path Length /statute/: 5.85 miles Path Width /maximum/: 75 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 08:31 PM CDT Start Location: 2 SSW Osceola / Clarke County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.0043 / -93.7908 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 08:42 PM CDT End Location: 4 NE Osceola / Clarke County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.0693 / -93.719 .Pleasant Hill Tornado... Rating: EF2 Estimated Peak Wind: 125 mph Path Length /statute/: 7.69 miles Path Width /maximum/: 150 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 08:50 PM CDT Start Location: 3 SE Des Moines / Polk County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.5486 / -93.5802 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 09:02 PM CDT End Location: 2 SSE Altoona / Polk County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.6147 / -93.4623 .Monroe Tornado... Rating: EF1 Estimated Peak Wind: 105 mph Path Length /statute/: 4.13 miles Path Width /maximum/: 80 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 1 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 09:42 PM CDT Start Location: 1 ESE Monroe / Jasper County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.516 / -93.0929 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 09:50 PM CDT End Location: 2 SSW Reasnor / Jasper County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.5567 / -93.0355 .Reasnor Tornado... Rating: EFU Estimated Peak Wind: Unknown Path Length /statute/: 1.66 miles Path Width /maximum/: 50 yards Fatalities: 0 Injuries: 0 Start Date: 04/26/2024 Start Time: 09:55 PM CDT Start Location: 2 E Reasnor / Jasper County / IA Start Lat/Lon: 41.5836 / -92.9765 End Date: 04/26/2024 End Time: 09:58 PM CDT End Location: 4 ENE Reasnor / Jasper County / IA End Lat/Lon: 41.6033 / -92.958 && 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 events and publication in NWS Storm Data. $$