More: 9 possible tornadoes tallied in eastern Iowa Friday from 'strong and unusual storm system' EF1 tornado confirmed in Bellevue View Gallery: Tornadoes in Iowa: Photos of damage from Hills and Coralville 118 calls were placed to 911 during the event. Other numbers will be available later Sunday afternoon, he said. Survey teams have preliminarily rated those both as EF2, according to NWS Quad Cities.ĭavid Wilson, director of Johnson County Homeland Security and Emergency, said 20 buildings and homes were damaged in Coralville, along with another 20 in Hills but believes the total will be north of 60 structures. The latest tornadoes added are the two surveyed near the town of Solon. National Weather Service officials in Davenport are still working on the official tornado count, a number that will most likely be available Monday morning, the NWS said. More: 'Where are my kids going to stay?': Storm damage leaves some Coralville families homeless NWS to have official tornado count Monday at least 40 structures damaged in Corallville and Hills By Sunday morning, the death toll nationally had risen to 26. The Iowa storms were part of a powerful system of storms and tornadoes that tore through the South and Midwest starting Friday. EF4 tornadoes bring gusts of 166 to 200 mph EF3, 136 to 165 EF2, 111 to 135 and EF1, 86 to 110.Ĭoralville and Hills in Johnson County were among the towns that saw extensive damage, and part of Charlotte in Clinton County was evacuated because of a propane leak.

The EF scale uses wind estimates based on damage and calculates 3-second gusts estimated at the point of damage, according to the NWS. The total number of tornadoes is expected to rise. The National Weather Service has confirmed at least eight tornadoes based on preliminary data, including a low-end EF4 that tracked from Wapello into Johnson County five EF2 tornadoes, one in Cedar county into Clinton County, one in Clinton County, two in Johnson county and one in Des Moines County and two tornadoes in Jackson county, one EF1 tornado that began in Jackson County before moving to Illinois and another EF0 stayed in county lines. Watch Video: Massive tornado rips through IowaĪt least eight tornadoes were spotted across Iowa Friday as large swaths of the southeastern portion of the state reported extensive damage to homes and buildings in a massive storm front that killed more than two-dozen people across the nation.

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