Archive for January 8, 2008

Preliminary survey rates Kenosha tornado at EF3

By Dan ( January 8, 2008 at 8:10 pm) · Filed under Severe

From Milwaukee:

…PRELIMINARY STORM SURVEY TEAM REPORT FROM THE WHEATLAND AREA…

***UPDATED WITH INITIAL DETERMINATION OF END POINT OF CONTINUOUS
DAMAGE PATH***

THE TORNADO THAT WENT THROUGH THE WHEATLAND/NEW MUNSTER AREA IN
WESTERN KENOSHA COUNTY HAS BEEN GIVEN A PRELIMINARY RATING OF EF-3
…WITH ESTIMATED TOP WINDS BETWEEN 150-160 MPH…BY THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE STORM SURVEY TEAM.

THIS PLACES THE TORNADIC WINDS AT THE HIGHER PORTION OF THE
EF-3 SCALE…WHICH RANGES FROM 136 MPH TO 165 MPH.
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Boone County Poplar Grove tornado rated EF3

By Dan ( January 8, 2008 at 8:06 pm) · Filed under Severe

From Chicago:

A TORNADO STRUCK NORTHERN BOONE AND NORTHWEST MCHENRY COUNTIES MONDAY AFTERNOON. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE TODAY. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF3 ON THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE WITH MAXIMUM WINDS OF 136 TO 165 MPH. THE TORNADO HAD A PATH LENGTH OF 13.2 MILES AND A MAXIMUM WIDTH OF AROUND 100 YARDS. THE TORNADO STARTED AT 330 PM ABOUT 1.2 MILES NORTH OF POPLAR GROVE IN BOONE COUNTY AND ENDED AT 348 PM ABOUT 3.2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF HARVARD IN MCHENRY COUNTY. THERE WERE FOUR INJURIES IN BOONE COUNTY AND ONE IN MCHENRY COUNTY.
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