Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. Read More >

Overview

A line of severe thunderstorms tracked across portions of eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois during the early morning of Sunday July 24, 2022. Storms produced mainly damaging winds along their path, with numerous reports of structure, tree, and power line damage from Buchanan County Iowa east into Jo Daviess County Illinois. The Dubuque County Airport measured a 67 MPH wind gust as storms passed.

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Storm Reports

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
312 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2022

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

1140 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 W STANLEY             42.64N 91.86W
07/23/2022  E60 MPH          BUCHANAN           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER  

            ESTIMATED 50-60 MPH AND LASTED FOR 5 
            MINUTES. 

1155 PM     TSTM WND GST     INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT    42.45N 91.95W
07/23/2022  M58 MPH          BUCHANAN           IA   AWOS             

            AWOS STATION KIIB INDEPENDENCE ARPT. 

1210 AM     TSTM WND DMG     GREELEY                 42.59N 91.34W
07/24/2022                   DELAWARE           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            REPORT OF TREE DOWN IN GREELEY. RELAYED FROM 
            EM. 

1213 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 N CENTRAL CITY        42.23N 91.52W
07/24/2022  M50 MPH          LINN               IA   PUBLIC           



1215 AM     TSTM WND DMG     MANCHESTER              42.48N 91.45W
07/24/2022                   DELAWARE           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            POWER LINES DOWN; ESTIMATED 1600 PEOPLE 
            WITHOUT POWER. 

1215 AM     TSTM WND DMG     3 W STANLEY             42.64N 91.86W
07/24/2022                   BUCHANAN           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            POWER LINES DOWN IN MANCHESTER. 

1219 AM     TSTM WND DMG     HOPKINTON               42.35N 91.25W
07/24/2022                   DELAWARE           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER  

            PICTURES FROM TWITTER SHOWS A FEW BRANCHES 
            NEAR 6 INCHES DOWN ALONG WITH THE TRUNK OF A 
            TREE SNAPPED. TIME BASED ON RADAR. 

1220 AM     TSTM WND DMG     DELHI                   42.43N 91.33W
07/24/2022                   DELAWARE           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            TREES DOWN OVER ROADS. 

1248 AM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW ROSE               42.59N 90.73W
07/24/2022                   DUBUQUE            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER  

            2 INCH WEEPING WILLOW SAPLING SNAPPED IN 
            HALF BY STORMS. 

1248 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ROCKDALE                42.46N 90.68W
07/24/2022                   DUBUQUE            IA   PUBLIC           

            3 TREES DOWN AT THIS LOCATION BASED ON 
            PUBLIC FACEBOOK REPORT. 

1248 AM     TSTM WND GST     SAGEVILLE               42.55N 90.70W
07/24/2022  E60 MPH          DUBUQUE            IA   EMERGENCY MNGR   



1253 AM     TSTM WND GST     DUBUQUE REGIONAL ARPT   42.40N 90.72W
07/24/2022  M67 MPH          DUBUQUE            IA   ASOS             



1257 AM     LIGHTNING        MANCHESTER              42.49N 91.45W
07/24/2022                   DELAWARE           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR   

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A HOUSE AND PUT A HOLE IN 
            THE ROOF. EXACT TIME OF OCCURRENCE IS 
            UNKNOWN. TIME IS TIME REPORTED TO EMA. 

0103 AM     TSTM WND DMG     GALENA                  42.42N 90.43W
07/24/2022                   JO DAVIESS         IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT  

            TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN THE CITY LIMITS, PER 
            LAW ENFORCEMENT, TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. 

0122 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 SSE APPLE RIVER       42.45N 90.05W
07/24/2022                   JO DAVIESS         IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT  

            REPORT OF TREE DOWN AT THE APPLE CANYON CAMP 
            GROUNDS, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 

0817 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SW WINNESHIEK         42.32N 89.57W
07/24/2022  M1.25 INCH       STEPHENSON         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER  

            OVERNIGHT TOTAL.

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Environment

SPC EVENT REVIEW PAGE: 07/24/2022

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SPC Categorical Outlook	Tornado Outlook	Wind Outlook	Hail Outlook

DVN Observed Sounding Analysis


100 PM DAVENPORT, IA SOUNDING	700 PM DAVENPORT, IA SOUNDING

SPC Mesoscale Discussions

MCD 1573 and 1574

SPC Convective Watches


Severe Thunderstorm Watch #496	Severe Thunderstorm Watch #497

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