May 28th Severe Weather Review

Overview

Low pressure lifted northeast across northwest Iowa and southern Minnesota Saturday afternoon, swinging a cold front into eastern Iowa. Scattered showers and thunderstorms, some severe, developed out ahead of the front. The primary threat was damaging winds. The hardest hit areas were Center Junction, Cascade, Peosta, and Sageville; where there was tree, power line, and structural damage reported. Brief heavy rains also accompanied the storms, with some areas picking up a third to two thirds of an inch in a matter of minutes. Otherwise, skies were partly to mostly sunny and afternoon highs topped out in the upper 70s to mid 80s.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
641 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..

0256 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 W CENTER JUNCTION 42.11N 91.19W
05/28/2016 JONES IA EMERGENCY MNGR

EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED POWER LINES DOWN AND THE ROOF
BLOWN OFF OF A MACHINE SHED AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY
ROAD X44 AND HIGHWAY 64 SOUTH OF AMBER. CORRECTED.

0300 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 8 N OLIN 42.11N 91.14W
05/28/2016 JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER

ESTIMATED TIME. SPOTTER OBSERVED FUNNEL CLOUD A LITTLE
MORE THAN HALFWAY DOWN NORTH OF OLIN. SPOTTER NEAR OLIN.

0317 PM TSTM WND GST CASCADE 42.30N 91.01W
05/28/2016 E60.00 MPH DUBUQUE IA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTIAMTED WIND GUST OF 60 MPH. REPORTED
RELAYED BY DUBUQUE COUNTY EOC.

0322 PM HAIL SW CASCADE 42.30N 91.01W
05/28/2016 M0.25 INCH DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR

0345 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N PEOSTA 42.46N 90.85W
05/28/2016 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR

TWO FOOT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED OFF.

0346 PM TSTM WND DMG SAGEVILLE 42.55N 90.70W
05/28/2016 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR

ROOF RIPPED OFF OF SCHOOL...NOT SURE IF IT IS PARTIAL OR
FULL.

0348 PM TSTM WND DMG DUBUQUE 42.50N 90.69W
05/28/2016 DUBUQUE IA PUBLIC

REPORTS OF POWERLINES DOWN AND ROOF DAMAGE ON THE
NORTHWEST SIDE OF DUBUQUE. RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.

0350 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 NE PEOSTA 42.48N 90.81W
05/28/2016 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR

WIRES DOWN ALONG OLD HIGHWAY ROAD NEAR HILLDALE LANE WEST
OF FAIRGROUNDS. TIME ESTIMATED.

0400 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 NW DUBUQUE 42.55N 90.75W
05/28/2016 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR

TREE FELL ONTO OCCUPIED VEHICLE NEAR 5200 N AND RUPP
HOLLOW ROAD.

0400 PM TSTM WND GST 2 WNW DUBUQUE 42.55N 90.75W
05/28/2016 M67.00 MPH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER

MULTIPLE TREES DOWN IN THE AREA. ONE TREE FELL ONTO A
BICYCLIST ON A BIKE PATH ALONG HIGHWAY 52. PERSON WAS NOT
INJURED BUT WAS TRAPPED. TIME ESTIMATED.

0430 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 E INDEPENDENCE 42.47N 91.88W
05/28/2016 M1.50 INCH BUCHANAN IA TRAINED SPOTTER

RAIN TOTAL SINCE NOON.

0442 PM HAIL DAVENPORT 41.56N 90.60W
05/28/2016 M0.25 INCH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER

HAIL FELL FROM 448 TO 442

0443 PM HAIL DAVENPORT 41.56N 90.60W
05/28/2016 M0.75 INCH SCOTT IA BROADCAST MEDIA

LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA REPORTS DIME SIZE HAIL FALLING IN
DAVENPORT.

0548 PM HAIL 5 NNW LANARK 42.17N 89.88W
05/28/2016 M0.25 INCH CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER

FELL FOR TWO MINUTES

0557 PM HAIL GALVA 41.17N 90.04W
05/28/2016 M0.25 INCH HENRY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT

0615 PM HAIL 2 W ROCK FALLS 41.77N 89.73W
05/28/2016 M0.75 INCH WHITESIDE IL TRAINED SPOTTER

DIME SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH 40 MPH WINDS.

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