#27 Postby CrazyC83 » Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:10 pm
One tornado yesterday was quite remarkable:
THE FOLLOWING IS A FINAL ASSESSMENT FOR THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED OVER
DOWNTOWN DES MOINES ON 2 OCTOBER 2007.
* EVENT DATE: 2 OCTOBER 2007
* ESTIMATED START TIME: 440 PM CDT
* EVENT TYPE: EF1 TORNADO
* EVENT LOCATION: DOWNTOWN DES MOINES ALONG MULBERRY STREET BETWEEN 13TH STREET
AND 6TH AVENUE.
* PEAK WIND: EF1 TORNADO WITH POSSIBLE WIND SPEEDS UP TO 110 MPH FOR A VERY
BRIEF DURATION AND OVER A VERY SMALL AREA.
* MAXIMUM PATH WIDTH: 20 YARDS WITH NO DAMAGE OVER MOST OF PATH.
* PATH LENGTH: 8 BLOCKS OR ABOUT 0.6 MILE WITH INTERMITTENT DAMAGE.
* INJURIES: NONE
* FATALITIES: NONE
* DISCUSSION/DAMAGE: TWO POWER POLES SNAPPED AND POWER LINES DOWN AT 13TH AND
MULBERRY. AT 6TH AND MULBERRY...TWO VEHICLES FLIPPED INCLUDING ONE SUV THAT
WAS LIKELY FLIPPED NOSE DOWN DUE TO ENGINE WEIGHT. SUV SLID ABOUT 30 FEET.
EYEWITNESS SAW A SMALL 10 FOOT TREE LIFTED INTO THE CIRCULATION AND ROTATING
AROUND BRIEFLY. MEDIA REPORTED SOME ROOF DEBRIS ON THE SW 9TH OVERPASS AT
MARTIN LUTHER KING PARKWAY...BUT NO BUILDING DAMAGE IS EVIDENT AT THIS TIME.
SOME BUILDINGS IN THE AREA MULTI STORY AND ROOF DAMAGE WOULD BE DIFFICULT
TO SEE FROM THE STREET.
THE LAST CONFIRMED TORNADO WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF DES MOINES OCCURRED
FROM THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF DES MOINES INTO ALTOONA ON 30 MAY 2000.
THAT TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 AND PRODUCED MINIMAL DAMAGE ALONG AN
INTERMITTENT PATH.
DAMAGE THAT OCCURRED AT THE SOUTH ECONOMY PARKING LOT AT THE DES MOINES
AIRPORT AROUND 447 PM CDT ON 2 OCTOBER 2007 HAS BEEN ATTRIBUTED TO A
MICROBURST...OR LOCAL STRAIGHT LINE WIND DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL
THUNDERSTORM IN THE AREA. NO OTHER DAMAGE OCCURRED AT THE AIRPORT OR IN
THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
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