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EF5
From the NWS Des Moines Web Site:
THE CONVECTIVE SEASON FOR IOWA IN 2009 HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET AFTER A VERY ACTIVE SEASON IN 2008. SO FAR THIS YEAR...ONLY
EIGHTEEN TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE STATE. THIS COMPARES TO 101 TORNADOES THROUGH THE END OF JULY IN 2008 AND AN AVERAGE OF 44 THROUGH THE END OF JULY SINCE 1980.
IF THIS NUMBER OF TORNADOES HOLDS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR...THIS WILL BE THE FEWEST TORNADOES IN THE STATE SINCE 1980. THE LAST TIME THE STATE SAW THIS FEW TORNADOES IN A YEAR WAS IN 1976 WHEN EIGHTEEN TORNADOES ALSO OCCURRED.
THE TORNADOES HAVE ALSO BEEN WEAK WITH FIFTEEN EF0`S AND
THREE EF1`S.
Source: NWS Des Moines
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dmx&storyid=29898&source=0
Mike
THE CONVECTIVE SEASON FOR IOWA IN 2009 HAS BEEN RELATIVELY QUIET AFTER A VERY ACTIVE SEASON IN 2008. SO FAR THIS YEAR...ONLY
EIGHTEEN TORNADOES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE STATE. THIS COMPARES TO 101 TORNADOES THROUGH THE END OF JULY IN 2008 AND AN AVERAGE OF 44 THROUGH THE END OF JULY SINCE 1980.
IF THIS NUMBER OF TORNADOES HOLDS THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR...THIS WILL BE THE FEWEST TORNADOES IN THE STATE SINCE 1980. THE LAST TIME THE STATE SAW THIS FEW TORNADOES IN A YEAR WAS IN 1976 WHEN EIGHTEEN TORNADOES ALSO OCCURRED.
THE TORNADOES HAVE ALSO BEEN WEAK WITH FIFTEEN EF0`S AND
THREE EF1`S.
Source: NWS Des Moines
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=dmx&storyid=29898&source=0
Mike
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