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Overview
A slowly moving storm system brought several rounds of showers and thunderstorms to eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and far northeast Missouri during the day on Wednesday April 7, 2021. The heavy rainfall occurred south of a Fairfield to Galesburg line with reports ranging from 1.13 inches in Burlington to 1.80 inches in Bushnell Illinois. A few of these thunderstorms became severe and produced damaging winds in McDonough, Henderson, and Hancock Counties during the late afternoon and early evening hours. Damage was also reported to some mobile homes and a garage on the southwest side of Cedar Rapids due to a weak tornado that caused one minor injury.
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Tornadoes:
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Tornado - SW Cedar Rapids
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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 |
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Photos & Video
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| Roof Damage, Manufactured Home (NWS Storm Survey) |
Siding and Manufactured Home Skirt Damage (NWS Storm Survey) |
Roof Damage to Manufactured Home (NWS Storm Survey) |
Radar
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| April 7, 2021 Radar Loop |
Storm Reports
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| Courtesy of IEM |
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
757 AM CDT THU APR 8 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1047 AM HEAVY RAIN WEST POINT 40.71N 91.45W 04/08/2021 M1.80 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 S ALEDO 41.18N 90.75W
04/07/2021 MERCER IL TRAINED SPOTTER
REPORT DELAYED. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED
THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE TO A FARM
OUTBUILDING SOUTH OF ALEDO. PICTURES VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW PART OF A WALL BLOWN OUT
BUT THE BARN WAS OPEN TO ONE SIDE AND THE
OTHER WALL IS PARTIALLY COVERED. TIME OF THE
EVENT WAS ESTIMATED USING RADAR.
0823 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNW OAKLAND MILLS 40.97N 91.63W 04/08/2021 M1.01 INCH HENRY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0756 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 ENE CHARLIE HEATH MEM 40.61N 91.84W
04/08/2021 M1.30 INCH CLARK MO TRAINED SPOTTER
ANOTHER 0.6 FELL OVERNIGHT WITH A STORM
TOTAL OF 1.30 INCHES.
0704 PM TSTM WND GST 4 SE BLANDINSVILLE 40.51N 90.82W
04/07/2021 M55 MPH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0648 AM HEAVY RAIN BUSHNELL 40.56N 90.51W
04/08/2021 M1.80 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL: 0.88 FELL PRIOR TO 5
PM 4/7 WITH AN ADDITIONAL 0.92 AFTER 5 PM.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG STRONGHURST 40.75N 90.90W
04/07/2021 HENDERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TREE SNAPPED AND POWER LINE DOWN. REPORT VIA
SOCIAL MEDIA.
0100 AM HEAVY RAIN OQUAWKA 40.94N 90.95W
04/08/2021 M1.02 INCH HENDERSON IL PUBLIC
0630 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N WEST POINT 40.27N 91.18W
04/07/2021 HANCOCK IL EMERGENCY MNGR
SPLIT POWER POLE.
0638 PM TSTM WND DMG BOWEN 40.23N 91.06W
04/07/2021 HANCOCK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SEVERAL ONE INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN.
0646 PM TSTM WND GST 2 ENE DENVER 40.29N 91.06W
04/07/2021 E40 MPH HANCOCK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.
0650 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N AUGUSTA 40.25N 90.95W
04/07/2021 HANCOCK IL BROADCAST MEDIA
4 INCH TREE BRANCHES BROKEN.
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE COLUSA 40.59N 91.15W
04/08/2021 M1.21 INCH HANCOCK IL PUBLIC
0613 AM HEAVY RAIN CARTHAGE 40.41N 91.13W
04/08/2021 M1.50 INCH HANCOCK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0836 PM TORNADO 3 NE FAIRFAX 41.95N 91.74W
04/07/2021 LINN IA NWS STORM SURVEY
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT TO CHANGE
THE TIME FROM AM TO PM 3 NE FAIRFAX. A BRIEF
TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO SEVERAL
MANUFACTURED HOMES IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF
CEDAR RAPIDS WEDNESDAY EVENING. ONE HOME
SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE, WITH
ADDITIONAL SIDING DAMAGE TO NEARBY HOMES.
ONE PERSON SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES FROM
GLASS AFTER THEIR BEDROOM WINDOW BLEW IN.
THE TORNADO LOFTED DEBRIS INTO A NEARBY
FIELD. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS WERE AROUND
85 MPH AND THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF-0.
Rain Reports
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| COOP Observer Rainfall Reports ending 9 AM April 8, 2021 |
24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between 6 AM and 9 AM, Thursday April 08, 2021. ....IOWA.... Beaconsfield 1 NNE 2.13 Fort Madison 0.9 NE 1.86 Donnellson 1.75 West Point 7.5 NW 1.61 New London 1.5 SW 1.54 Salem 3.1 ESE 1.47 Keokuk LD19 1.37 Salem 1S 1.31 Burlington 0.8 SSE 1.19 Burlington Arpt 1.13 Burlington 2S 1.12 Wapello 5.4 SE 1.12 Burlington 6.5 SSW 1.11 Mt Pleasant 1 SSW 1.09 Keosauqua 1.02 Washington 1.02 Wapello 0.2 S 0.98 Fairfield 0.98 Wellman 4.0 E 0.95 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.92 Iowa City 0.89 Maquoketa 0.88 Fairfax 4.0 NW 0.87 Centerville 0 NE 0.87 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.85 Ely 0.5 SE 0.84 Washington 5.8 SW 0.83 Muscatine 1.4 N 0.83 Tipton 0.7 N 0.82 Muscatine 2N 0.81 Muscatine 2.1 N 0.80 Pella 4 N 0.79 Morning Sun 1.7 E 0.76 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 0.75 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.75 North English 0.73 Oskaloosa 1 NNW 0.72 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.72 Le Claire 1.8 NNE 0.72 Columbus Jct 2 SSW 0.71 Coralville 1.4 S 0.69 Williamsburg 0.69 Iowa City Arpt 0.67 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.67 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.67 Marengo 3.6 N 0.67 Cedar Rapids Arpt 0.66 West Liberty 0.7 NNW 0.62 West Branch 2.0 NNW 0.62 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.61 Newton 1 NE 0.57 Marengo 2.6 SSW 0.55 Bettendorf 1.6 W 0.51 Vinton 0.48 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 0.47 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.47 Monticello 1 E 0.47 Perry 0 W 0.44 Eldridge 0.6 ESE 0.42 Davenport Arpt 0.39 Camanche 1.2 W 0.39 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.39 Boone 1 SSW 0.39 Marion 1.7 NNW 0.38 De Witt 0.38 Mason City 1 NNE 0.37 Asbury 0.4 SW 0.36 Manchester 0.36 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.36 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.35 Belle Plaine 0.34 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.34 Cascade 0.33 Bellevue LD12 0.32 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.31 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.31 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.30 Dubuque Arpt 0.30 Peosta 2.9 E 0.30 Dubuque #3 7 SW 0.28 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.27 Elkader 6SSW 0.26 Central City 6.7 W 0.24 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.22 Rickardsville 0.2 W 0.22 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.22 Hampton 1 N 0.20 Dubuque LD11 0.17 Independence 0.9 WNW 0.16 Fayette 1 NW 0.15 Toledo 3 N 0.14 Tripoli 0 N 0.13 Oelwein AWOS 0.10 ....ILLINOIS.... Quincy ASOS 2.10 Colchester 3.5 NE 1.84 Warsaw 5.8 SE 1.83 Augusta 1.82 Prairie City 2S 1.81 Macomb 3.8 NW 1.60 Bentley 1.57 Galesburg 1.40 Galva 2.7 NE 1.35 Alpha 2.3 N 1.34 Woodhull 0.3 ESE 1.23 Alpha 0.7 N 1.22 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 1.21 Gladstone LD18 1.12 Monmouth 4NW 1.11 Alexis 1 SW 1.11 New Windsor 2.0 N 1.09 Aledo 1.05 Oquawka 0.5 N 1.02 New Boston LD17 1.01 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.94 La Harpe 0.90 Coal Valley 2.6 E 0.85 Stronghurst 0.4 SSW 0.85 Fulton LD13 0.83 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.76 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.72 Morrison 3.2 E 0.70 Jacksonville 2E 0.69 Kewanee 1 E 0.68 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.65 Ottawa 4 SW 0.55 Quad City Arpt 0.54 Steward 0.53 Bloomington Airport 0.53 Princeton 0.50 Princeton 1.1 SE 0.50 Rockford ASOS 0.44 Rock Falls 0.44 Jacksonville AWOS 0.44 Mount Carroll 0.36 Walnut 5.3 ENE 0.36 Lanark 5.3 N 0.35 Lincoln NWS 0.35 Rochelle AWOS 0.34 Peoria ASOS 0.31 Freeport 1.7 NW 0.30 Davis 0.5 N 0.28 Tuscola 0.28 Freeport 2.0 NW 0.27 Mount Carroll 6.8 NNW 0.26 Elizabeth 0.25 Ridott 0.1 NE 0.24 Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.24 Freeport 2.9 WSW 0.24 Decatur Airport 0.23 Freeport 0.21 Stockton 3.4 NNE 0.13 Windsor 0.12 Mendota 2 SE 0.12 Joliet 0.04 Mundelein 0.03 Ogden 0.02 Romeoville 0.01 St Anne 0.00 Galesburg Arpt 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Columbia 1.05 Kirksville ASOS 0.90 Memphis 0.1 S 0.87 Memphis 0.85 ....WISCONSIN.... Monroe 1 W 0.29 Brodhead 1 SW 0.25 Madison-ASOS 0.19 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.17 Watertown-AWOS 0.13 Allenton-WWTP .6 NW 0.13 Beloit-College 0.02 La Crosse WFO 0.01 Viroqua 0.01 ....MINNESOTA.... Theilman 1SSW 0.00
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