PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1203 PM CST MON MAR 7 2022 ..NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 3/5/22 TORNADO EVENT - UPDATE #3 UPDATED STATEMENT TO INCLUDE DAMAGE SURVEY INFORMATION FROM THE TORNADO THAT TRACKED THROUGH MADISON, POLK, WARREN, AND JASPER COUNTIES. - THE EF-RATING HAS BEEN FINALIZED HOWEVER TRACK INFORMATION IS STILL CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY AS STORM SURVEY INFORMATION CONTINUES TO BE GATHERED. - THIS IS THE FIRST EF-4 TORNADO IN IOWA SINCE OCTOBER 4, 2013 IN WOODBURY AND CHEROKEE COUNTIES. - THIS IS THE SECOND LONGEST TORNADO PATHLENGTH IN IOWA SINCE 1980. THE LONGEST OCCURRED ON JUNE 7TH, 1984, WITH A PATHLENGTH OF 117 MILES ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA. WINTERSET THROUGH NEWTON TORNADO RATING: EF-4 ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 170 MPH PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 69.5 MILES PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 800 YARDS FATALITIES: 6 INJURIES: 5 START DATE: 3/5/2022 START TIME: 426 PM CST START LOCATION: 2.2 MILES NORTH OF MACKSBURG END DATE: 3/5/2022 END TIME: 601 PM CST END LOCATION: 3.1 MILES NORTHEAST OF NEWTON EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE FOLLOWING CATAGORIES. EF0...WEAK......65 TO 85 MPH EF1...WEAK......86 TO 110 MPH EF2...STRONG....111 TO 135 MPH EF3...STRONG....136 TO 165 MPH EF4...VIOLENT...166 TO 200 MPH EF5...VIOLENT...>200 MPH .