Active spring pattern across the center of our nation with several episodes of severe weather and heavy rainfall expected into next week. The potential for very large hail, long track tornadoes, severe wind gusts, frequent cloud to ground lightning strikes and flash flooding are in the outlook. Furthermore, dangerous early season heat wave continues for the Gulf Coast states into early next week. Read More >
Overview
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Severe thunderstorms developed across portions of eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and far northeast Missouri on the evening of September 18, 2022. Storms initially developed near the Iowa/Missouri border, with one storm near Bloomfield IA producing a well defined wall cloud before weakening. Storms developed, and increased in strength just east of the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City metros as they slowly tracked east around the Interstate 80 corridor. Several large hail reports were received around Durant to south of Tipton, with the highest being 2.5 inches. Storms also produced small hail and wind damage in the Quad Cities before speeding southeast into Henry County.
Additional storms developed along the Iowa/Missouri/Illinois tri-state area, with several tornado warnings issued. Damage was reported in southern Hancock County near Tioga, and continued south into Adams County. Additional information, including surveys, will be available Monday.
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Storm Reports
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..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM HAIL MEMPHIS 40.46N 92.17W
09/18/2022 M2.00 INCH SCOTLAND MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0904 PM HAIL MEMPHIS 40.46N 92.17W
09/18/2022 E1.25 INCH SCOTLAND MO TRAINED SPOTTER
0821 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW INDUSTRY 40.37N 90.67W
09/19/2022 M1.50 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0845 PM HAIL KEWANEE 41.24N 89.93W
09/18/2022 M1.00 INCH HENRY IL BROADCAST MEDIA
0945 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 2.5 NW TIOGA 40.24N 91.38W
09/18/2022 HANCOCK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
POSSIBLE TORNADO WITH TREES DOWN 3 MILES
WEST OF WEST POINT.
1138 PM HAIL NAUVOO 40.55N 91.39W
09/18/2022 E1.00 INCH HANCOCK IL PUBLIC
CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM NAUVOO.
1031 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S MILO 41.16N 89.58W
09/18/2022 BUREAU IL EMERGENCY MNGR
GRAIN BIN DOWN, UTILITY POLES SNAPPED, AND
AN OVERTURNED LP TANK NEAR LOCATION.
1031 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S MILO 41.16N 89.58W
09/18/2022 BUREAU IL EMERGENCY MNGR
GRAIN BIN DOWN, UTILITY POLES SNAPPED, AND
AN OVERTURNED LP TANK NEAR LOCATION.
1032 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 WSW LONE TREE CORNERS 41.17N 89.50W
09/18/2022 BUREAU IL EMERGENCY MNGR
GRAIN BIN FELL ON TOP OF ANOTHER LP TANK.
1059 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW PROVIDENCE 41.24N 89.66W
09/18/2022 M1.09 INCH BUREAU IL TRAINED SPOTTER
1250 AM HAIL BONAPARTE 40.70N 91.80W
09/19/2022 M1.25 INCH VAN BUREN IA PUBLIC
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0100 AM HAIL FARMINGTON 40.63N 91.74W
09/19/2022 M1.00 INCH VAN BUREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0746 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 ESE KEOSAUQUA 40.72N 91.92W
09/19/2022 M1.00 INCH VAN BUREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0906 PM HAIL 2 SW DAVENPORT MUNICIPA 41.59N 90.62W
09/18/2022 E1.00 INCH SCOTT IA PUBLIC
PICTURE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. ESTIMATED TO BE
QUARTER SIZED.
0922 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 W BETTENDORF 41.56N 90.51W
09/18/2022 SCOTT IA NWS EMPLOYEE
3 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH DOWN WITH WIND, TIME
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0103 AM HAIL 2 WSW DONNELLSON 40.63N 91.60W
09/19/2022 M1.50 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0125 AM HAIL 1 SSW MOOAR 40.44N 91.45W
09/19/2022 E2.00 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0838 PM HAIL 1 S CEDAR VALLEY 41.71N 91.25W
09/18/2022 E2.00 INCH CEDAR IA PUBLIC
2.25 INCH HAIL REPORTED, TIME ESTIMATED
USING RADAR.
0848 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N ROCHESTER 41.69N 91.17W
09/18/2022 CEDAR IA PUBLIC
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LIMBS DOWN NORTH OF
ROCHESTER. THE TIME OF THE EVENT WAS
ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
0850 PM HAIL 2 E ROCHESTER 41.66N 91.13W
09/18/2022 M2.50 INCH CEDAR IA PUBLIC
TIME OF THE EVENT ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
0853 PM HAIL ROCHESTER 41.67N 91.17W
09/18/2022 M1.00 INCH CEDAR IA EMERGENCY MNGR
0915 PM HAIL DURANT 41.60N 90.91W
09/18/2022 M2.75 INCH CEDAR IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0915 PM HAIL DURANT 41.60N 90.91W
09/18/2022 M1.75 INCH CEDAR IA PUBLIC
0915 PM HAIL DURANT 41.60N 90.91W
09/18/2022 M2.50 INCH CEDAR IA BROADCAST MEDIA
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Rainfall 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, Monday September 19, 2022. ....IOWA.... Bettendorf 1.2 WNW 1.46 Keokuk LD19 1.42 West Point 7.5 NW 1.21 Davenport 2.1 N 1.19 Fort Madison 0.9 NE 1.10 Salem 1S 1.10 Keokuk 3.4 NW 1.05 Donnellson 1.02 Burlington Arpt 1.00 Davenport Arpt 0.90 Le Claire LD14 0.88 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.87 Salem 3.1 ESE 0.85 Davenport 1.0 NE 0.81 Eldridge 0.6 S 0.65 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.63 Lisbon 0.1 W 0.60 Burlington 0.8 SSE 0.55 New London 1.5 SW 0.54 Fairfield 0.51 Le Claire 1.8 NNE 0.47 Tipton 0.7 N 0.43 Tipton 0.3 ESE 0.35 De Witt 0.35 Yarmouth 1.9 SW 0.32 Park View 0.2 WSW 0.32 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.28 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.23 Lowden 0.20 Mt Pleasant 1 SSW 0.19 Camanche 1.2 W 0.16 Solon 0.4 WNW 0.16 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.16 Cedar Rapids 3.3 WNW 0.15 Marion 0.4 NNW 0.13 Sigourney 0.10 Wapello 5.4 SE 0.09 Cedar Rapids Arpt 0.09 Ely 0.5 SE 0.08 Robins 0.8 SE 0.07 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.07 Washington 5.8 SW 0.06 Ainsworth 7.4 N 0.06 North Liberty 1.4 NNE 0.06 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.06 Muscatine 3.0 NE 0.05 Marengo 2.6 SSW 0.05 Marion 1.7 NNW 0.05 Vinton 3.6 SE 0.05 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.05 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.04 Centerville 0 NE 0.04 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.04 Iowa City 0.04 Williamsburg 0.04 Grinnell 2 SW 0.04 Shellsburg 2.9 S 0.03 Toledo 3 N 0.03 Belle Plaine 0.03 Maquoketa 0.03 Marengo 3.6 N 0.02 Central City 6.7 W 0.02 Fairfax 4.0 NW 0.02 Independence 0.9 WNW 0.02 Monticello 1 E 0.02 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.02 Wellman 4.0 E 0.01 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.01 Perry 0 W 0.01 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.01 Dubuque Arpt 0.01 Wapello 4.7 N 0.00 Iowa City 2.3 E 0.00 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 0.00 Dubuque 1.4 WNW 0.00 Asbury 0.4 SW 0.00 Independence 0.6 ESE 0.00 Mason City 1 NNE 0.00 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.00 Waukon 4SSE 0.00 Washington 0.00 Iowa City Arpt 0.00 Manchester 0.00 Elkader 6SSW 0.00 Boone 1 SSW 0.00 West Liberty 0.7 NNW 0.00 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 0.00 Dubuque 1.0 SE 0.00 Dundee 1.4 NNE 0.00 Oelwein AWOS 0.00 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.00 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.00 Hampton 1 N 0.00 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.00 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.00 Bellevue LD12 0.00 Columbus Jct 2 SSW 0.00 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.00 Fayette 1 NW 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Augusta 2.80 Bentley 2.42 Macomb 3.8 NW 2.10 Jacksonville 2E 2.05 Bloomington Airport 1.85 Kewanee 1 E 1.83 Colchester 3.5 NE 1.57 Quincy Arpt 1.46 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 1.23 La Harpe 1.22 Ogden 1.04 Princeton 1.1 SE 0.91 Princeton 0.91 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.80 St Anne 0.80 Galva 0.9 SE 0.65 Walnut 5.3 ENE 0.63 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.57 Galva 2.7 NE 0.56 Prairie City 2S 0.54 Lincoln NWS 0.50 Mendota 2 SE 0.50 Ottawa 4 SW 0.44 Stronghurst 0.4 SSW 0.43 Coal Valley 2.6 E 0.42 Windsor 0.42 Decatur Airport 0.42 Tuscola 0.38 Quad City Arpt 0.37 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.35 Peoria Arpt 0.34 Taylor Ridge 1.1 N 0.30 Rock Falls 3.1 S 0.25 McNabb 1.4 NW 0.22 Gladstone LD18 0.20 Mundelein 0.18 Rockford Arpt 0.15 Fulton LD13 0.13 Alpha 2.3 N 0.07 New Windsor 2.0 N 0.06 Aledo 0.06 Freeport 2.9 WSW 0.05 Romeoville 0.05 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.04 Freeport 0.03 New Boston LD17 0.03 Davis 0.5 N 0.01 Freeport 4.3 W 0.00 Galesburg 0.00 Freeport 1.5 E 0.00 Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.00 Freeport 1.7 NW 0.00 East Dubuque 1.7 SE 0.00 Galena 5.7 E 0.00 Elizabeth 0.00 Mount Carroll 0.00 Joliet Arpt 0.00 Jacksonville Arpt 0.00 Rochelle Arpt 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Memphis 2.00 Columbia Arpt 0.03 Chillicothe Arpt 0.00 Kirksville Arpt 0.00 ....WISCONSIN.... Darlington 0.02 Brodhead 1 SW 0.00 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 0.00 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.00 La Crosse WFO 0.00 Viroqua 0.00 Whitewater 0.00 Sullivan-NWS 2 SE 0.00 Beloit-College 0.00 Watertown-Arpt 0.00 Madison Arpt 0.00 Monroe 1 W 0.00 ....MINNESOTA.... Theilman 1SSW 0.00 |
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