Quad Cities, IA/IL

Weather Forecast Office

Storm Damage Survey Results: June 15th, 2019

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.

Two tornadoes south of Oakville were rated EF2 and downed numerous trees, severely damaged a house displacing it off its foundation, destroyed outbuildings, and downed power poles.

The tornado west of Mediapolis remained in an open field and was rated EF0.

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Storm Reports
Rainfall
Environment

Tornadoes:

Tornado - 3 SW Oakville, IA
Des Moines County

Date	06/15/2019
Time (Local)	8:20 - 8:26 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-2
Est. Peak Winds	120 mph
Path Length	1.9 miles
Max Width	260 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: An EF2 tornado with 120 mph peak winds touched down doing damage to trees and the roof of a house. As it moved east it, strengthened causing more tree damage and siding damage to a house. The tornado then reached peak strength, destroying a farm outbuilding, throwing two pieces of farming equipment 40 yards, and then moving a pickup truck through the air approx 20 yards. A house at this location suffered major damage, as it was moved off it's foundation. All the windows were blown out, a bolted down garage was destroyed and lofted. Three power poles were also snapped at this location. The tornado then turned northeast, destroying numerous trees. Once it came down the bluff, it hit power lines causing them to lean over. The tornado ended shortly after this.

Track Map

Downloadable KMZ File


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Tornado - 2.8 SSW Oakville, IA
Des Moines County

Date	06/15/2019
Time (Local)	8:24 - 8:28 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-2
Est. Peak Winds	120 mph
Path Length	1.3 miles
Max Width	300 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: A second EF2 tornado touched down just east of the first one initially damaging trees and the roof of a mobile home. As it moved east, it strengthened as it went down the bluff. Here it destroyed a pig farm building along with taking down a wooden high power transmission line. One other house along with numerous trees sustained damage from the tornado.

Track Map

Downloadable KMZ File


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Tornado - 3 W Mediapolis, IA
Des Moines County

Date	06/15/2019
Time (Local)	7:54 - 7:56 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	70 mph
Path Length	0.8 miles
Max Width	40 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: An EF0 tornado with 70 mph peak winds touched down in an open field west of Mediapolis, IA causing no damage. It lasted for about 2 minutes.

Track Map

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

Radar

Interactive Radar Loop	Radar Reflectivity and Base Velocity at 8:24 PM 6/15

Storm Reports

Interactive Storm Report Map	SPC Storm Reports

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

Local Rain Map	Regional 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,
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

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