EF2 tornado — Monroe County, Iowa

EF2 tornado in Monroe County, Iowa

Tornado June 22, 2015 · Monroe County, Iowa

EF2

Rating

1.7 mi

Path length

290 yd

Path width

$125K

Damage as recorded

$5K

Crop damage

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 290 yards (0.16 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

This tornado developed and intensified quickly just to the west of Albia where EF-2 damage occurred. The tornado dissipated as it swept into the SW corner of Albia, damaging several homes and businesses.

The wider storm

In the afternoon storms fired up ahead of and along a cold front that was entering Iowa from the northwest. Numerous storms had severe hail, produced damaging winds, and two tornadoes. The first tornado was on the ground for several miles tracking through portions of Marion, Lucas and Monroe Counties. The second tornado formed just west of Albia and struck the town of Albia damaging several homes and businesses. Flash flooding was also reported in Davis and Monroe Counties.

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 580234. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

EF2 tornado in Monroe County, Iowa

What the National Weather Service wrote

The wider storm

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