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Thunderstorms & Tornadoes

The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread thunderstorm outbreaks and tornadoes. Tornadoes, hail, wind damage, and flooding impacts can be found in these summaries. If the event was focused mainly on flooding it will be found under the "Flooding" section.

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2024

August 27th - Golf ball size hail in northeast MO and significant wind damage in Burlington, IA
July 25th - Localized flash flooding in far southeast IA and far western IL
July 15th - Derecho across Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana
July 14th - Damaging wind across Illinois
July 2nd - Strong wind and heavy rain-producing storms, including damage near I-80 in IA
June 25th - Four tornadoes/landspouts in eastern IA, as well as scattered hail and wind
June 16th - Scattered severe wind-producing storms from the Quad Cities into northwest IL
June 13th - Baseball hail in southeast IA and 2 brief tornadoes in McDonough county in IL
June 3rd - Flash flooding and scattered wind damage in Dubuque, IA
May 27th - Scattered severe storms bring hail and isolated damaging winds
May 24th - Derecho across Iowa, with numerous tornadoes in eastern IA and northwest IL
May 21st - Widespread damaging winds over 70 mph across eastern IA and northern IL
May 7th - Multiple rounds of storms with some severe
May 2nd - Severe storms in McDonough County, IL
April 16th - Widespread damaging wind, large hail, and 2 tornadoes
March 31st - Long-lived supercell storm produces swath of severe hail including in Macomb, IL
March 13th-14th - Large hail, heavy rain, and one tornado in Warren County
March 4th - Numerous hail-producing storms, some as large as golf balls
February 27th - Large hail in northwest IL and Henry County EF1 tornado, then an extreme temperature drop
February 8th - Large hail in northwest IL and Putnam County EF1 tornado

2023

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Story Map Story Map of historic tornado outbreak on March 31st - Link

July 28th - Significant severe winds across parts of eastern Iowa and northwest IL
June 29th - Derecho (widespread wind damage) in northeast MO and west central IL
June 24th - Davenport airport tornado
May 7th - Widespread wind damage, very large hail, and a few tornadoes
May 6th - Damaging winds and large hail in southeast IA and west central IL
April 4th-5th - Very large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes in eastern IA, west central IL, and northwest IL
March 31st - Tornado outbreak across eastern IA and northwest IL
January 16th - 2 Tornadoes in Iowa

2022

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Story Map

November 4th-5th - Heavy Rain, Hail, and Damaging Winds
September 18th - Large hail and damaging winds
August 19th-20th - Hail, heavy rain, and 3 brief tornado touchdowns
July 24th - early morning storms along highway 20 brought damaging wind
July 23rd - small hail, damaging wind, and heavy rain in parts of eastern IA and north central IL.
July 5th - Damaging wind and brief tornado in eastern IA.
July 4th
June 15th
May 31st - Brief tornado in McDonough county in IL
May 13th - Large hail and several landspout tornadoes in IL.
March 5th - Damaging wind and several brief tornadoes in eastern IA.

2021

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Online Map

December 15th - High winds, strong storms, record warm temperatures
October 11th - Brief tornado in Putnam county in IL
August 26th - Large hail, damaging winds in Keokuk county in IA
August 25th - Damaging winds and brief landspout tornado in Henry county in IL.
August 24th - Damaging winds over northeast IA and northern IL
August 10th - Damaging winds
August 9th - Tornadoes in north central IL
July 14th - Multiple tornadoes across eastern IA
July 9th - Large hail southeast IA and west central IL
June 22nd - Isolated large hail and severe wind eastern Iowa and northeast Missouri
June 20th - Scattered severe weather with one tornado in southern Dubuque county
June 18th-19th - Wind and hail in southern IA and west central IL
June 11th - Isolated severe winds in Des Moines county, IA
April 7th - Brief tornado in Linn county, IA
March 23rd - Brief tornado touchdown in Lee county, IA.

2020

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Online Map Story Map of August 10th Derecho - Link

November 10th - Damaging winds and several spin up tornadoes in IL.
August 10th - Strong derecho impacts eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois with significant tree/power line damage.
July 11th - Widespread wind damage and hail across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois
July 9th -
June 9th - Remnants of Cristobal
June 2nd-5th - Damaging wind, hail, and flash flooding
May 23rd - Numerous tornadoes impact the region
May 14th - Heavy rain, damaging wind, large hail
April 8th - large hail in southeast Iowa and west central Illinois.
April 7th - Large hail in Cedar Rapids, Quad Cities metro, and north Stephenson county
March 28th - four tornadoes in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois

2019

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Online Map

November 26th -
September 12th - heavy rain in northeast IA and northern IL
September 9th
August 20th
August 18th - brief tornado in southwest Clinton county
August 5th - brief tornado in Dubuque county
July 20th
July 17th
July 9th - 2 brief tornado touchdowns in Scott county Iowa. No damage seen or reported.
June 30th - widespread 50-70 mph winds across much of area, with higher winds observed in Dubuque county
June 28th
June 25th
June 15th - Two tornadoes, damaging winds, and heavy rain
June 9th - 3 landspout tornadoes in IA
June 5th - Baseball hail in Keosauqua, IA
May 29th - 3 brief tornadoes in Iowa and Johnson counties
May 28th - Severe Storms / Heavy Rain
May 27th - Memorial Day Tornadoes
May 25th - Hail, wind, and heavy rain mainly in northeast MO, southeast IA, west central IL
May 24th - 4 tornadoes across region with 2 near Iowa City, IA and 2 near Macomb, IL
May 22nd - Strong storms over northeast Missouri, extreme southeast Iowa, and west central Illinois with 1 tornado
May 21st - Wake low causing 60-70 mph near Quad Cities and areas just north
May 16th - Strong winds and large hail along I-80 corridor
April 22nd - Heavy rain, damaging wind, and hail

2018

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Online Map

December 1st, 2018 - Two brief tornadoes in McDonough county in Illinois. Part of large tornado outbreak in the state.
October 9th, 2018 - Brief tornado in Benton county in Iowa
September 25th, 2018 - 4 brief tornadoes in eastern Iowa
September 3rd, 2018 - 4 tornadoes (2 brief touchdowns) in eastern Iowa.
August 28th, 2018 - Heavy rain, widespread wind damage, and 1 brief tornado.
August 20th, 2018 - Heavy rain and brief tornado in northern Clinton county in Iowa
August 16th, 2018 - Heavy rain and brief tornado in southeast Jones county in Iowa.
August 5th, 2018 - Heavy rain, large hail, and damaging winds north of Highway 30
July 19th, 2018 - 2 tornadoes in Van Buren county and widespread wind damage in southeast IA and west central IL.
July 13th, 2018 - Damaging wind along highway 20 and Scott county
June 28th, 2018 - Severe storms in southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and west central Illinois
June 26th, 2018 - Brief tornado touchdown in Scotland county, MO
June 20th, 2018 - Severe storms and heavy rain
June 19th, 2018 - Macroburst in Bureau county
June 18-19th, 2018 - Heavy rainfall highway 20 corridor
June 9th, 2018
June 8th, 2018
May 3rd, 2018 - Brief tornado touchdown in Jones county.
May 2nd,2018 - Large hail in Carroll county.

2017

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Online Map

December 4th, 2017 - Northeast Missouri tornado.
October 14th, 2017 - 2 brief tornadoes touch down in NE MO and west central IL
August 16th, 2017 - 3 brief tornadoes touch down west of Freeport, IL
August 10th, 2017
July 21st, 2017 -
July 20th, 2017 -
July 19th, 2017 - Heavy rain, damaging winds in NE IA and N IL
July 11th, 2017 - Conroy, IA tornado
July 11th, 2017 - Late evening storms with damaging winds
July 10th, 2017 - Heavy rain and damaging winds
June 28th, 2017 - 4 tornadoes in eastern IA
June 17th, 2017 - golf ball / baseball hail in Muscatine and Antioch, MO
June 15th, 2017
June 14th, 2017
May 17th, 2017 - 7 tornadoes move over CWA.
May 15th, 2017
May 10th, 2017
April 15, 2017
April 10, 2017
March 6, 2017 - 7 tornadoes and widespread damaging winds
February 28th, 2017 - 4 tornadoes in late Feb (1st tornadoes in Feb for CWA)

2016

List of all tornadoes - ArcGIS Online Map

October 6th, 2016 - Several tornadoes hit near and in the Quad City metro
August 4th, 2016 - Strong wind and heavy rain
July 23rd, 2016 - 3 brief tornadoes and wind damage in eastern Iowa
July 21st, 2016 - Strong wind and heavy rain
July 17th, 2016 - 5 tornadoes and wind damage
July 13th, 2016 - Severe wind and heavy rains
June 22nd, 2016 - 3 brief weak tornadoes and heavy rainfall
May 28th, 2016 - Severe hail and wind
May 26th, 2016 - Severe wind
May 9th, 2016 - 3 brief weak tornadoes
March 15, 2016 - 6 tornadoes in extreme eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois

2015

December 23, 2015 - 4 tornadoes
November 11, 2015 - Line of severe storms with 5 tornadoes
July 16, 2015 - 6 tornadoes in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois
June 22, 2015 - 3 tornadoes in southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri and northwest Illinois
April 9, 2015 - 3 tornadoes in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois

2014

April 27, 2014 - Keokuk and Iowa County Tornado

2013

November 17, 2013 - Tornado Outbreak across Illinois (link courtesy of ILX)
June 24, 2013 - Derecho with 2 tornadoes and a flash flood
May 30, 2013 - Squall line with 3 tornadoes

2012

May 6, 2012 - Severe weather in Bureau & Putnam Counties
May 3, 2012 Wayland, IA Tornado

2011

July 11, 2011 East central Iowa derecho

2010

November 22, 2010 Late season severe weather event
June 18, 2010 Back to back severe MCS events
June 5, 2010 Summary of the June 5th tornado outbreak, including the Magnolia tornado
April 4-6, 2010 Summary of a three day severe weather event

2009

July 24, 2009 Tornado in Bureau County
April 26, 2009 Tornado across Linn and Delaware Counties

2008

July 21, 2008 Derecho - Quad City Area Destructive Wind Storm
May 25, 2008 Parkersburg, IA Tornado. Des Moines Weather Forecast Office Service Assessment.
May 25, 2008 5 tornadoes touch down in Eastern Iowa

2007

June 1, 2007 Tornadoes in Grandview-Fruitland-Muscatine, Iowa and Bellevue, Iowa

2006

April 13, 2006 13 tornadoes across eastern Iowa and into western Illinois, including the Iowa City tornado.

2005

None

2004

August 26, 2004 Summary of storm damage in Cedar Rapids, IA.
August 3, 2004 Thunderstorm wind damage in Benton County, IA.
May 21, 2004 Tornado damage survey for (Palo and Martelle/Morley storms in Iowa)
April 20, 2004 tornadoes - Delmar in Clinton County IA and Putnam and Bureau Counties in IL.

2003

August 20th, 2003 - 77 mph wind gust damages NWS QC roof.
July 20, 2003 - Tornadoes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
June 14, 2003 - Landspouts in Northwest Illinois
May 10, 2003 - Official survey results with pictures. F0 to F2 tornadoes touch down in Bi-state area including Lee, Hancock, Van Buren, Louisa counties.
April 30, 2003 - Storm survey results report 5 tornadoes confirmed in Louisa County IA, and Mercer County IL

2002

September 18, 2002 - Hail Storm in Maquoketa, IA
August 21, 2002 Muscatine, IA Tornado - Official survey results and radar images of a non-supercell tornado.

2001

None

2000

None

1999

April 8, 1999 Hamilton/Warsaw Tornado - a few pictures and a synoptic and mesoscale look at the environment associated with the tornado.

1998

June 29, 1998 Derecho Event - a brief radar perspective of the very damaging storm that moved through eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois.

1997

May 18, 1997 - an outbreak of large hail and brief tornadoes

1996

April 19, 1996 - Galva, IL tornado from the KDVN WSR-88D

1995

May 13, 1995 - The Raritan, IL F4 tornado

Historic

August 12, 1974 - F4 Tornadoes in Iowa and Delaware Counties
June 14, 1974 - Long track F3 Torrnado from Rock Island County into Abingdon (Knox County)
April 20, 1973 - Scotland County Tornado
January 24, 1967 - Tornado Outbreak
August 26, 1965 - F4 Tornado in Benton County
May 26, 1965 - F2 Tornadoes in Linn and Jackson Counties - Landspouts in Northwest Illinois
April 11, 1965 - F4 Tornadoes hit Clinton and Cedar Counties, including the town of Camanche
September 27, 1959 - Large Hail in Scott County, Iowa
April 30, 1954 - F4 Tornado in Linn County Iowa

Heavy Rain / Flooding

The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread flooding. River and flash flooding can be found in these summaries. If the flooding event accompanied severe thunderstorms or tornado outbreaks, it will likely be included in that event's summary under the "Thunderstorms / Tornadoes" section.

2024

November 2nd-5th - Two to four inches of rain in a multi-day period
July 28th-31st - Very wet period south of I-80
June 3rd - Flash flooding and scattered wind damage in Dubuque, IA

2023

August 5th - Significant flash flooding in northeast MO and southeast IA

2022

August 7th-8th - Heavy Rain in northern IL with flash flooding in Stephenson county
May 26th - Danville,IA flash flooding

2020

May 28th - DePue,IL Flash flooding

2019

Late May-Early June Flood Summary Page - Active weather brings Moderate to Major flooding to area rivers
Spring Flood Summary Page - Detailed summary page with a Top 5 crest on mainstem Mississippi at all sites.
Late April - Early May - Heavy rain amounts between 2-4 inches.
April 30th - Mississippi River Flood Protection Failure in Davenport
February 23rd-24th - Heavy rain, light snow, brief mixed precipitation, high winds, flooding.

2018

Fall 2018 Flood Overview - Multiple rounds of precipitation brought 20+ inches of rain in 3 months over the region.
October 5th-6th, 2018 - Heavy rains in eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois.
October 1st, 2018 - Heavy rain north of highway 20 in Iowa.
Late August/early September - Several rounds of heavy rain produced major flooding on Iowa tributaries and mainstem Mississippi.
February 2018 - Heavy rains on frozen ground caused major flooding on Rock and Pecatonica rivers.

2016

September/October, 2016 - Record rainfall and flash flooding across northern Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin caused major flooding
September 7th, 2016 - Heavy rainfall along highway 30 in Iowa and Illinois.

2015

December 13-14, 2015 - Strong and unseasonably warm storm system bringing widespread 1-3 inch rainfall and major flooding

2014

June 30, 2014 - Bow echo with widespread flash flooding

2013

Spring 2013 - Spring Snowmelt of 2013

2012

None

2011

July 27-28, 2011 - Record rainfall and catastrophic flash flooding in Dubuque and Jo Daviess Counties

2010

July 22-24, 2010 - Highway 20 Corridor Record Flooding and Lake Delhi Dam Break

2009

None

2008

Flood of 2008 - Record River Flooding on the Cedar and Iowa Rivers, including Iowa City and Cedar Rapids

2007

October 7, 2007 - Delaware County Flash Flood

2006

None

2005

None

2004

None

2003

None

2002

None

2001

April 2001 - Spring Snowmelt Flood of 2001

2000

None

Historic

Summer 1993 - Great Flood of 1993
April 1965 - Spring Snowmelt Flood of 1965

Winter Events

The following summaries cover significant or widespread impacting winter events, including winter storms. Heavy snow, sleet, freezing rain, and blizzards can be found in these summaries. If the event focused on wind chills, it will be found under the "Heat / Cold" section.

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2024

December 14th - Ice storm for a large part of the region
April 1st-3rd - Rain, snow, and strong winds
March 22nd - Narrow band of heavy snow across eastern IA and northern IL
January 12-13th - Widespread heavy snow with near blizzard conditions
January 9th - First widespread heavy wet snow of the season

2023

November 25th-26th - First widespread light snow of the season
March 25th - Heavy snow in eastern IA and northwest IL
March 9th - Heavy wet snow, sleet, and rain
February 22nd - Ice storm and heavy rain
February 16th - Heavy snow
January 28th - Snow north of I-80
January 25th - Light 1-4 inches of snow across much of eastern IA, northwest IL, and northeast MO

2022

December 22nd-23rd - Heavy snow, strong winds, cold wind chills
February 24th - widespread 1-3 inch snow
February 16th-17th - Heavy snow far southeast IA, northeast MO, west central and north central IL
February 1st-2nd - Heavy snow far southeast IA, northeast MO, west central and north central IL
January 14-15th - Heavy snow in Iowa
January 1st - New Year's snow

2021

December 28th
February 15th - Light snow mainly in IL
February 6th - Light snow
February 4th - Moderate snow with strong winds and crashing temperatures
January 30th-31st
January 25th-26th - Heavy snow
January 1st - New Year's freezing rain,sleet, and snow

2020

December 29th - heavy snow in eastern Iowa
December 12th
October 19th - Early season snowfall
April 16th-17th - Snow
February 12-13th - Snow
January 17th-18th - Snow, mixed precipitation, strong winds
January 10-11th - Ice, snow, heavy rain

2019

December 15th-16th -
November 11th - Veterans Day Snow
October 31st - Snowiest Halloween
April 27th - Late season narrow snowfall band in northeast Iowa and northern Illinois.
April 14th - Palm Sunday snow event in west central and central Illinois.
March 7th - Light snowfall event in southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and west central Illinois.
February 23rd-24th - Heavy rain, light snow, brief mixed precipitation, high winds, flooding
February 17th-18th - long duration heavy snow event
February 12th - Mixed precipitation with freezing rain, sleet, rain southeast and snow northwest.
February 7th - Freezing rain, sleet, rain, strong winds, cold wind chills
February 5th - Freezing rain and sleet
January 31st - Widespread 2-4 inches of light fluffy snow.
January 22-23rd - Widespread 4-6 inch snowfall with isolated higher amounts, less in southeast Iowa, west central Illinois
January 19th
January 12th - Widespread snowfall across eastern IA, northwest IL, and northeast MO.

2018

November 25th - Heavy Snow and Blizzard
November 17th, Snowfall
April 18th Snowfall
Apr 8th-9th Snowfall
Apr 1st Snowfall
Mar 24th Snowfall
Feb 11th Snowfall
Feb 10th Snowfall
Feb 8th-9th Snowfall
Feb 5th Snowfall
Jan 11th Snow and Ice
Jan 7th Snowfall

2017

Dec 29th Snowfall - First large storm of the season
Dec 11th Snowfall
March 12-13th Snowfall

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

December 19-20, 2012 Blizzard

2011

January 31 - February 2, 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard

2010

2009

December 8-9, 2009 Blizzard

2008

None

2007

February 23, 2007 Ice Storm

2006

None

2005

None

2004

None

2003

None

2002

None

2001

None

2000

None

Historic

Extreme Heat & Cold

The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread high heat or extreme cold. Dangerous wind chills and life threatening heat indices can be found in these summaries. If the extreme temperatures were associated with a summer or winter storm, it may be found under the "Thunderstorms & Tornadoes" or "Winter" sections.

August 26-27th, 2024 - Late Summer Excessive Heat Episode
February 27th, 2024 Extreme Temperature Drop
Late Summer 2023 Heat Wave
Historic Record Cold - Jan 28th-31st, 2019
Summer of 1995 Heat Wave
July 1936 Heat Wave
The Great Blue Norther - Nov 11, 1911

Other Events

The following summaries cover events that don't fall under the other categories - such as high wind events (not associated with thunderstorms). Other atmospheric events, such as auroras, may be found here.