(Des Moines) The National Weather Service in Des Moines says the Winterset/Newton Tornado on Saturday is rated an EF-4 (170mph). The path of the tornado was 69.5 miles with max width at 800 yards.
The Weather Service says this is the first EF-4 tornado in Iowa since October 4th, 2013 in Woodbury and Cherokee Counties. This is the second longest tornado path in Iowa since 1980. The longest occurred on June 7th, 1984, with a pathlength of 117 miles across southern Iowa.
There were five injuries and six fatalities.
