Tornado that killed 6 in Iowa upgraded to EF-4
Winterset twister is the first EF-4 tornado in Iowa since 2013
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DES MOINES, Iowa – The rating for a tornado that ripped through an Iowa town Saturday, killing 6 and injuring 5, has been upgraded to EF-4.
According to officials at the National Weather Service office in Des Moines, a survey team found that the tornado that hit Winterset had peak winds of 170 mph. The path was nearly 70 miles long and about 800 yards wide.
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This is the first EF-4 tornado in Iowa since a 2013 twister that swept through the town of Climbing Hill in Woodbury County.
The path of Saturday’s tornado in Winterset also ranks as the second-longest in Iowa since 1980. The longest path recorded in the state was 117 miles long on June 7, 1984, with a tornado in southern Iowa.
The Winterset tornado marks the 88th cyclone rated EF-4 or stronger recorded in Iowa since 1950.
A total of seven people were killed in Iowa during Saturday’s tornado outbreak. An EF-3 twister about 60 miles southeast of Winterset was responsible for the seventh person’s death.