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Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
1258 AM CDT Wed Jul 3 2024

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

0510 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 W Millersburg         41.57N 92.18W
07/02/2024  E70 MPH          Iowa               IA   Trained Spotter

            estimated 70 mph gusts and getting stronger.
            relayed by emergency management. time
            estimated by radar.

0543 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 W Kalona              41.49N 91.72W
07/02/2024                   Washington         IA   Trained Spotter

            Trailer blown over on Highway 22 near
            Kalona. Time estimated by radar.

0549 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 WNW Amish             41.54N 91.80W
07/02/2024  E60 MPH          Johnson            IA   Trained Spotter

0550 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 SW Williamstown       41.54N 91.75W
07/02/2024                   Johnson            IA   Trained Spotter

            Update to previous 81 mph wind gust report.
            Several large tree branches downed by the
            winds, with some trees snapped in half. One
            tree fell on their neighbors house, damaging
            the deck.

0551 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 SSW Williamstown      41.54N 91.74W
07/02/2024  M81 MPH          Johnson            IA   Trained Spotter

            Measured on Davis weather station.

0600 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 WNW Keswick           41.47N 92.27W
07/02/2024                   Keokuk             IA   Trained Spotter

            Large oak tree snapped near the base, was
            about 30 inches in diameter. Time was
            estimated by radar.

0600 PM     Tornado          4 WSW Iowa City Municip 41.62N 91.62W
07/02/2024                   Johnson            IA   Law Enforcement

            Tornado on the ground at IA 1 and Phebe Ln,
            heading towards Iowa City, LE Cruiser hit
            with debris and heavy rain, lost visual
            contact.

0605 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Riverside               41.48N 91.57W
07/02/2024  M81 MPH          Washington         IA   Trained Spotter

            relayed by a spotter. time estimated.

0607 PM     Tornado          3 W Nichols             41.48N 91.36W
07/02/2024                   Muscatine          IA   Trained Spotter

            Tornado on the ground 2.5 W of Nichols, IA.

0610 PM     Flash Flood      2 W Thornburg           41.45N 92.37W
07/02/2024                   Keokuk             IA   Law Enforcement

            Water flowing over a gravel road between
            What Cheer and Gibson. Time estimated.

0615 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 SW Washington Airport 41.28N 91.67W
07/02/2024  M58 MPH          Washington         IA   AWOS

            Measured wind gust from Washington Municipal
            Airport.

0620 PM     Flash Flood      1 N University Heights  41.67N 91.55W
07/02/2024                   Johnson            IA   Trained Spotter

            Around 8-10 inches of water completely
            covering the roadway between West Park Road
            and Rocky Shore Drive.

0625 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Ainsworth               41.29N 91.55W
07/02/2024  M60 MPH          Washington         IA   Amateur Radio

0700 PM     Rain             2 N Central City        42.23N 91.52W
07/02/2024  M1.86 Inch       Linn               IA   Public

            Rainfall since midnight.

0710 PM     Rain             2 N Bankston            42.54N 90.95W
07/02/2024  M1.50 Inch       Dubuque            IA   Trained Spotter

            so far.

0710 PM     Hail             Charlotte               41.96N 90.47W
07/02/2024  M0.50 Inch       Clinton            IA   Public

            Report from mPING: Half-inch (0.50 in.).

0749 PM     Rain             Belle Plaine            41.90N 92.28W
07/02/2024  M1.50 Inch       Benton             IA   Trained Spotter

            so far the total for the day.

0751 PM     Hail             1 NNW Prophetstown      41.68N 89.94W
07/02/2024  E0.25 Inch       Whiteside          IL   Trained Spotter

            pea hail. gusts to 40 to 50 mph. heavy rain.

0817 PM     Rain             3 W Mount Sterling      40.62N 92.00W
07/02/2024  M1.00 Inch       Van Buren          IA   Trained Spotter

            Current rainfall total, but is still
            raining.

0820 PM     Rain             3 NNE Cedar Rapids      42.01N 91.66W
07/02/2024  M1.11 Inch       Linn               IA   Trained Spotter

0929 PM     Rain             2 SE Iowa City          41.64N 91.51W
07/02/2024  M1.00 Inch       Johnson            IA   Trained Spotter

            Rainfall total through the whole event.

0945 PM     Rain             2 W Genoa Bluff         41.72N 92.20W
07/02/2024  M1.44 Inch       Iowa               IA   Trained Spotter

1008 PM     Rain             Lowden                  41.86N 90.92W
07/02/2024  M1.54 Inch       Cedar              IA   CO-OP Observer

            24 Hour rainfall, with 1.49 since 7 AM.

1023 PM     Rain             1 WNW Sigourney         41.34N 92.22W
07/02/2024  M2.56 Inch       Keokuk             IA   Trained Spotter

 

Rain Reports

 
Rainfall Summary MRCC Rain Map
 
24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches),
for eastern Iowa, northwest and west 
central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. 
Reported between Midnight and 9 AM,
Wednesday July 03, 2024.

....IOWA....
Pella 4 N                        3.28
Pella AWOS 1.5 WSW               3.00
Asbury 0.6 WNW                   2.82
Hayesville 0.2 SW                2.69
Guttenberg Dam 10                2.61
Centerville 0.3 NE               2.60
Columbus Jct 2 SSW               2.35
Sigourney                        2.32
Asbury 0.4 SW                    2.10
North English                    2.09
Asbury 0.6 S                     2.08
Elkader 6SSW                     1.97
Central City 6.7 W               1.96
Dubuque LD11                     1.90
Strawberry Point                 1.88
Wellman 4.0 E                    1.85
Monticello 1 E                   1.85
Danville 2.9 W                   1.81
Keokuk LD19                      1.81
Hopkinton 5.4 WSW                1.80
Dubuque #3 7 SW                  1.78
Keokuk 3.4 NW                    1.76
Morning Sun 1.7 E                1.74
Bettendorf 1.2 WNW               1.74
Manchester                       1.73
Donnellson                       1.72
Fairfield 5.7 NNE                1.69
Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW             1.68
Oxford Junction 2.9 ENE          1.67
Rickardsville 0.2 W              1.66
Dubuque Arpt                     1.64
Yarmouth 1.9 SW                  1.63
Salem 1S                         1.62
Fort Madison 7.7 N               1.60
Lowden                           1.58
West Point 7.5 NW                1.57
Wapello 0.2 S                    1.55
Keosauqua                        1.55
Coralville 1.4 S                 1.54
Marengo 2.6 SSW                  1.54
Coralville 1.3 SE                1.53
Burlington 0.8 SSE               1.49
Wapello 5.4 SE                   1.49
New London 1.5 SW                1.48
Ainsworth 7.4 N                  1.46
Dundee 1.4 NNE                   1.46
Washington                       1.45
Camanche 1.2 W                   1.44
Bellevue LD12                    1.44
Salem 3.1 ESE                    1.43
Fairfield 0.7 SE                 1.43
Davenport 0.9 WNW                1.43
Calamus 2.0 NE                   1.43
Farmington 3.5 W                 1.42
Robins 0.8 SE                    1.42
Farmington 2.4 W                 1.41
Fort Madison 4.5 NNW             1.40
Farmington 0.3 NW                1.40
Iowa City 2.3 E                  1.40
Burlington Arpt                  1.40
Farmington 0.4 NNW               1.39
Davenport 4.3 NE                 1.39
Oskaloosa 1.4 NNW                1.38
Tipton 0.3 ESE                   1.37
Davenport Arpt                   1.37
Hillsboro 5.8 SE                 1.36
Bellevue 12.2 NW                 1.36
Muscatine 1.4 N                  1.35
Dubuque 1.0 SE                   1.35
Iowa City Arpt                   1.35
Montrose 4.5 NNW                 1.32
Charlotte 1.9 WNW                1.27
Marengo 3.6 N                    1.27
Fort Madison 0.9 NE              1.26
Burlington 6.5 SSW               1.26
Clinton 1.7 NNW                  1.25
De Witt                          1.25
Dyersville 1.7 ESE               1.24
Washington 5.8 SW                1.23
Eldridge 0.6 S                   1.23
Eldridge 0.7 SSW                 1.21
West Branch 2.0 NNW              1.21
Le Claire 2.0 WSW                1.20
Independence 0.9 WNW             1.20
Tipton 0.7 N                     1.18
Vinton 3.6 SE                    1.17
Ottumwa ASOS 5.8 NNW             1.17
Tiffin 1.2 NE                    1.15
Tipton 6.9 SSW                   1.13
Independence 0.6 ESE             1.12
Iowa City                        1.10
Solon 0.3 ESE                    1.08
Grinnell AWOS 2.4 SSW            1.08
Cedar Rapids 4.1 NW              1.07
Park View 0.2 WSW                1.06
Holy Cross 1.8 E                 1.06
Rathbun Reservoir 1.6 N          1.06
Muscatine 2N                     1.06
Parnell 0.1 SSW                  1.05
Hiawatha 0.9 SW                  1.05
Shellsburg 2.9 S                 1.05
Muscatine 3.0 NE                 1.04
Solon 0.4 WNW                    1.02
Toledo 2.8 N                     1.01
Oskaloosa AWOS 9.2 ESE           0.99
Marion 1.7 NNW                   0.98
Center Point 0.5 N               0.97
Vinton                           0.97
North Liberty 0.7 SSW            0.95
Williamsburg                     0.95
Oelwein 1E                       0.93
West Branch 2.3 SSW              0.90
Belle Plaine                     0.87
Marion 0.4 NNW                   0.84
Fairfax 4.0 NW                   0.84
Anamosa 3 SSW                    0.80
Grinnell 2.3 SW                  0.78
Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE              0.77
Marengo                          0.77
Hampton 1 N                      0.75
Mason City 0.9 NNE               0.71
Ely 0.5 SE                       0.70
Anamosa 5.6 E                    0.69
Ely 2.0 N                        0.66
Anamosa 0.6 ESE                  0.62
Center Junction 2.6 W            0.62
Cedar Rapids Arpt                0.61
Marion 0.9 NE                    0.59
Oelwein AWOS                     0.59
Marshalltown 1.3 NW              0.51
Waterloo ASOS 5.2 NW             0.48
Fayette 1 NW                     0.45
Marshalltown ASOS 4.2 N          0.45
Mason City ASOS 6.3 W            0.40
Boone 1.3 SSW                    0.28
NWS Johnston* 4.6 NNW            0.14
....ILLINOIS....
La Harpe                         2.60
Macomb 3.8 NW                    2.30
Dallas City 3.0 SSE              2.03
Stronghurst 0.4 SSW              1.81
East Dubuque 1.7 SE              1.80
Illinois City 6.7 SW             1.78
Prairie City 2S                  1.64
New Boston LD17                  1.60
Gladstone LD18                   1.56
Aledo                            1.47
Ill. City LD16 3 WNW             1.43
Augusta                          1.39
Taylor Ridge 1.1 E               1.35
Macomb                           1.35
Bentley                          1.35
Galesburg                        1.30
Quincy Arpt                      1.29
Colchester 3.5 NE                1.28
Warsaw 5.8 SE                    1.21
Viola 0.4 E                      1.14
Taylor Ridge 1.1 N               1.14
New Windsor 2.0 N                1.12
Elizabeth                        1.12
Alpha 2.3 N                      1.10
Fulton LD13                      1.10
Stockton 5.9 WNW                 1.05
Quad City Arpt                   1.03
Woodhull 0.3 ESE                 1.00
Moline 0.7 NNE                   0.97
Shannon 2.7 E                    0.97
Geneseo 2.0 NW                   0.95
Stockton 4.6 NW                  0.94
Galva 0.9 SE                     0.93
Colona 0.5 ESE                   0.88
Kewanee 1 E                      0.85
Winslow 4.3 ESE                  0.83
Stockton 4.5 N                   0.83
Galva 0.4 NW                     0.80
Galva 2.7 NE                     0.80
Sterling 5.9 NNE                 0.78
Lanark 4.2 NNW                   0.78
Atkinson 2.6 NNE                 0.75
Mount Carroll                    0.75
Stockton 3.4 NNE                 0.73
Stockton 3 NNE                   0.73
Lanark 5.3 N                     0.71
Lena 0.3 SSE                     0.64
Rochelle Arpt                    0.64
Freeport                         0.52
Steward                          0.50
Freeport 4.3 W                   0.48
Jacksonville Arpt                0.46
Rockford Arpt                    0.45
La Moille 0.2 NNE                0.42
Peoria Arpt                      0.38
Davis 0.5 N                      0.35
Jacksonville 2E                  0.33
Paw Paw 1 E                      0.26
McNabb 1.4 NW                    0.19
Lincoln NWS                      0.13
Ottawa 4 SW                      0.10
Romeoville                       0.05
Decatur Airport                  0.04
Joliet Arpt                      0.03
Bloomington Airport              0.02
Windsor                          0.00
Tuscola                          0.00
St Anne                          0.00
Ogden                            0.00
....MISSOURI....
Kirksville Arpt                  3.71
Columbia Arpt                    2.97
Chillicothe Arpt                 2.32
Kahoka 5.2 ESE                   2.10
Kahoka 0.6 S                     1.78
Memphis 0.1 S                    1.75
Memphis                          1.62
....WISCONSIN....
Madison Arpt                     2.07
Viroqua                          1.82
Monroe 1 W                       1.32
Prairie du Chien AWOS            0.93
La Crosse WFO                    0.89
Brodhead 1 SW                    0.87
Darlington                       0.75
Sullivan-NWS 2 SE                0.55
Watertown-Arpt                   0.53
Whitewater                       0.49
Beloit-College                   0.43
Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W             0.37
....MINNESOTA....
Theilman 1SSW                    0.49
...PRECIPITATION REPORTS...

Location                     Amount    Time/Date       Lat/Lon
1 WNW Washington             2.85 in   0340 AM 07/03   41.31N/91.72W
Asbury 0.6 WNW               2.82 in   1200 AM 07/03   42.52N/90.77W
Aurora                       2.55 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.62N/91.73W
CENTRAL CITY                 2.24 in   1220 AM 07/03   42.20N/91.53W
Kahoka                       2.21 in   0336 AM 07/03   40.38N/91.63W
2 NNW Manchester Airport     2.16 in   0340 AM 07/03   42.54N/91.52W
Independence                 2.10 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.48N/91.89W
Dubuque                      2.03 in   0337 AM 07/03   42.46N/90.77W
Dubuque                      2.02 in   0335 AM 07/03   42.51N/90.72W
1.1 SE Manchester  (R2)  (R2 1.85 in   0300 AM 07/03   42.47N/91.45W
Dubuque Arpt                 1.76 in   0305 AM 07/03   42.40N/90.70W
Independence                 1.76 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.47N/91.88W
Winthrop                     1.71 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.47N/91.73W
New London                   1.68 in   0330 AM 07/03   40.97N/91.34W
Riverside                    1.66 in   0336 AM 07/03   41.53N/91.62W
Middleburg                   1.64 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.41N/90.35W
Waupeton                     1.64 in   0245 AM 07/03   42.67N/90.88W
Independence Arpt            1.59 in   0335 AM 07/03   42.45N/91.95W
Quasqueton                   1.58 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.39N/91.76W
Dubuque                      1.57 in   0338 AM 07/03   42.53N/90.68W
WHEATLAND                    1.56 in   0340 AM 07/03   41.79N/90.81W
2.5 SW Newport               1.56 in   0300 AM 07/03   41.70N/91.49W
SHELLSBURG                   1.55 in   0335 AM 07/03   42.09N/91.87W
Dubuque                      1.54 in   0336 AM 07/03   42.47N/90.65W
1.1 SE Manchester  (R2)  (R2 1.46 in   0315 AM 07/03   42.47N/91.45W
IOWA CITY                    1.45 in   0338 AM 07/03   41.68N/91.52W
Muscatine                    1.45 in   0330 AM 07/03   41.42N/91.05W
Macomb Arpt                  1.43 in   0335 AM 07/03   40.52N/90.65W
Washington                   1.42 in   0345 AM 07/03   41.29N/91.69W
1 NE Watkins                 1.41 in   0340 AM 07/03   41.90N/91.96W
Stronghurst                  1.41 in   0337 AM 07/03   40.74N/90.91W
2.1 NE New Boston  (R2)  (R2 1.38 in   0200 AM 07/03   41.19N/90.97W
3.1 W Oakland Mills          1.38 in   0330 AM 07/03   40.93N/91.67W
Fairfield Arpt               1.37 in   0335 AM 07/03   41.03N/91.97W
2.1 NE New Boston  (R2)  (R2 1.36 in   0330 AM 07/03   41.19N/90.97W
Iowa City Arpt               1.35 in   0304 AM 07/03   41.63N/91.55W
Burlington Arpt              1.34 in   0253 AM 07/03   40.77N/91.13W
Urbana                       1.33 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.22N/91.88W
Iowa City                    1.31 in   0340 AM 07/03   41.65N/91.48W
Mississippi River            1.30 in   0300 AM 07/03   40.82N/91.10W
Davenport                    1.28 in   0330 AM 07/03   41.59N/90.61W
Dubuque                      1.27 in   0325 AM 07/03   42.51N/90.69W
No.2-River                   1.26 in   0330 AM 07/03   42.50N/90.65W
1.0 NW Niota                 1.26 in   0330 AM 07/03   40.63N/91.30W
Monmouth                     1.26 in   0335 AM 07/03   40.93N/90.63W
Iowa City                    1.26 in   0340 AM 07/03   41.64N/91.51W
2 ENE Dysart                 1.23 in   0340 AM 07/03   42.19N/92.26W
MACOMB                       1.14 in   0336 AM 07/03   40.37N/90.70W
Davenport Arpt               1.12 in   0252 AM 07/03   41.62N/90.58W
Clear Crk At Coralville      1.10 in   0300 AM 07/03   41.68N/91.60W
Eldridge                     1.05 in   0338 AM 07/03   41.64N/90.59W
3 S Mount Joy                1.00 in   0340 AM 07/03   41.57N/90.55W

Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying
equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers
for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official.
 
 

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MCD 1511

Tornado Watch 497

MCD 1513

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 500

 

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Flood Watch For Flash Flooding

MPD 0542
 

 

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