Overview
Severe thunderstorms tracked across portions of eastern Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northwest Illinois Saturday evening, June 15, bringing damaging winds, heavy downpours, frequent lightning, large hail, and a tornado. Many areas saw winds between 30-50 mph during the evening hours, with higher winds of 60-70 mph reported in Iowa and Benton counties in Iowa. The storms produced three tornadoes in Des Moines County (west of Mediapolis, IA and south of Oakville, IA) between 7:50 pm and 8:30 pm. |
Tornadoes:
Tornado - 3 SW Oakville, IA
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Tornado - 2.8 SSW Oakville, IA
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Tornado - 3 W Mediapolis, IA
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The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale classifies tornadoes into the following categories:
EF0 Weak 65-85 mph |
EF1 Moderate 86-110 mph |
EF2 Significant 111-135 mph |
EF3 Severe 136-165 mph |
EF4 Extreme 166-200 mph |
EF5 Catastrophic 200+ mph |
Storm Reports
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1027 PM CDT SAT JUN 15 2019 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0933 PM HEAVY RAIN CASCADE 42.30N 91.01W 06/15/2019 M1.00 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR. 0905 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE CHARLIE HEATH MEM 40.61N 91.84W 06/15/2019 M1.20 INCH CLARK MO TRAINED SPOTTER FELL OVER THE LAST 30 MINUTES; HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. 0834 PM HEAVY RAIN LOWDEN 41.86N 90.92W 06/15/2019 M0.90 INCH CEDAR IA CO-OP OBSERVER RAIN FELL IN 20 MIN. 0828 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE OAKVILLE 41.07N 91.01W 06/15/2019 DES MOINES IA EMERGENCY MNGR POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 0755 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNW SHELLSBURG 42.12N 91.89W 06/15/2019 M1.80 INCH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER RAIN FELL BETWEEN 715 AND 755 PM. 0709 PM HAIL 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.71W 06/15/2019 E0.25 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED NEAR EDGEWOOD RD AND JOHNSON AVE. 0654 PM TSTM WND GST ATKINS 42.00N 91.86W 06/15/2019 E70 MPH BENTON IA FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SUSTAINED 50-55 MPH, RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. 0631 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SW KEYSTONE 41.96N 92.24W 06/15/2019 E60 MPH BENTON IA BROADCAST MEDIA NEAR HWY 30 AND IA 131. 0617 PM TSTM WND GST VICTOR 41.73N 92.29W 06/15/2019 E60 MPH IOWA IA EMERGENCY MNGR TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Rain Reports
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24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Sunday June 16, 2019. ....IOWA.... Toledo 3 N 2.28 Boone 1 SSW 2.03 Marengo 3.6 N 1.73 Washington 1.68 Calamus 2.0 NE 1.62 Cresco 1 NE 1.58 Park View 0.2 WSW 1.58 Wapello 0.2 S 1.56 Bellevue LD12 1.53 Washington 5.8 SW 1.52 Muscatine 2N 1.48 Davenport Arpt 5 N 1.47 Keokuk LD19 1.44 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 1.41 Fairfax 4.0 NW 1.39 Iowa City Arpt 1.39 Marshalltown 1 NW 1.38 Marion 1.7 NNW 1.35 Central City 6.7 W 1.31 Iowa City 8.0 NE 1.30 Coggon 1.30 Palo 4.4 SSW 1.26 Brighton 1.25 West Branch 2.0 NNW 1.20 Davenport 0.9 WNW 1.18 Camanche 1.2 W 1.17 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 1.13 Iowa City 1.07 Dubuque #3 7 SW 1.03 Muscatine 1.4 N 1.00 Ainsworth 7.4 N 1.00 North English 0.96 Wellman 4.0 E 0.93 Williamsburg 0.93 Davenport 0.9 SSW 0.85 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.84 De Witt 0.83 Donnellson 0.83 Burlington 2.1 S 0.80 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.78 Newton 1 NE 0.76 Ely 0.5 SE 0.74 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.74 Perry 0 W 0.74 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 0.70 Hopkinton 5.4 WSW 0.70 Rickardsville 0.2 W 0.70 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.68 Dubuque LD11 0.65 Anamosa 1.9 SE 0.64 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.64 Asbury 0.4 SW 0.63 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.60 Center Point 0.6 NNW 0.60 Burlington 0.8 SSE 0.60 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.59 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.56 Coralville 1.4 S 0.55 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 0.53 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.52 Keosauqua 0.52 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.48 Vinton 0.47 Mason City 1 NNE 0.46 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.45 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 0.45 Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE 0.44 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 0.43 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.42 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.40 Maquoketa 4 W 0.39 Strawberry Point 0.29 Fayette 1 NW 0.25 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.23 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.21 Elkader 6SSW 0.20 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.17 Allerton 2 S 0.09 Centerville 0 NE 0.04 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.00 Oelwein AWOS 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Geneseo 2.0 NW 2.33 Bentley 2.18 Atkinson 2.6 NNE 2.13 Princeton 1.1 SE 2.03 Princeton 2.03 Aledo 2.01 New Windsor 2.0 N 1.82 Ottawa 4 SW 1.75 Mendota 2 SE 1.72 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 1.70 Tuscola 1.55 Moline 0.7 NNE 1.48 Galena 1.47 Walnut 5.3 ENE 1.38 Macomb 1.37 Streator 3 SE 1.28 Coleta 1.4 SSW 1.24 New Boston LD17 1.22 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 1.17 Lincoln NWS 1.17 Peoria ASOS 1.16 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 1.16 Colchester 3.5 NE 1.13 Coal Valley 2.6 E 1.09 La Harpe 1.05 Paw Paw 1 E 1.04 Decatur Airport 1.02 Quad City Arpt 3 S 1.02 Freeport 2.0 NW 1.01 Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.98 Rochelle AWOS 0.97 Davis 0.5 N 0.95 Dakota 4.8 NW 0.92 Freeport 1.7 NW 0.91 Woodhull 0.3 ESE 0.87 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.86 Orangeville 2.8 NW 0.82 Steward 0.80 Ogden 0.80 Quincy Dam 21 0.79 Kewanee 1 E 0.77 St Anne 0.76 Quincy ASOS 0.75 Prairie City 2S 0.74 Altona 0.74 Romeoville 0.70 Morrison 3.2 E 0.68 Freeport 0.67 Pearl City 0.4 SW 0.65 Minonk 0.64 Gladstone LD18 0.56 Freeport 2.9 WSW 0.56 Ridott 0.1 NE 0.55 Galesburg 0.51 Joliet 0.51 Elizabeth 0.51 Bloomington Airport 0.46 Roseville 0.6 WNW 0.42 Shannon 0.2 S 0.40 Rockford ASOS 0.32 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 0.31 Mundelein 0.13 Jacksonville AWOS 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Memphis 2.62 Kirksville ASOS 0.27 Columbia 0.15 Chillicothe 2 NW 0.00 ....WISCONSIN.... Steuben 4SE 3 NE 0.90 La Crosse WFO 0.84 Madison-ASOS 0.34 Beloit-College 0.28 Brodhead 1 SW 0.27 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W 0.07 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.00 Watertown-AWOS 0.00 ....MINNESOTA.... Preston 2.67 Theilman 1SSW 0.53
Environment
SPC EVENT REVIEW PAGE: 6/15/2019
1130 AM OUTLOOK | 1130 AM TORNADO OUTLOOK | 1130 AM WIND OUTLOOK | 1130 AM HAIL OUTLOOK |
MCD 1074 | MCD 1078 | MCD 1085 |
7 AM DAVENPORT, IA SOUNDING | 7 PM DAVENPORT, IA |
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