Quad Cities, IA/IL

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Severe Storms Summary May 24th

Overview

A warm front lifted northward into the area Friday, May 24, sparking some thunderstorms in the morning/early afternoon time frame and again in the early evening. Two tornadoes were occurred in McDonough County during the early afternoon. Towards evening, another tornadic storm developed, producing two tornados. The first in Johnson County just southwest of Iowa City, and the second in Cedar County just north of West Branch.

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Tornadoes:

Tornado #1 - ~3 N INDUSTRY, IL
McDonough County

Date	5/24/2019
Time (Local)	12:33 PM-12:38 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	110 mph
Path Length	2.6 mile
Max Width	50 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: A high-end EF1 tornado uprooted and snapped large trees and destroyed outbuildings at two farmsteads, and snapped some power poles. The tornado was on the ground for about 5 minutes.

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Tornado #2 - ~4.3 NE INDUSTRY, IL
McDonough County

Date	5/24/2019
Time (Local)	12:41 PM-12:45 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	110 mph
Path Length	1.9 mile
Max Width	30 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: Another tornado quickly developed and snapped power poles before hitting a farmstead, where it snapped trees and destroyed outbuildings. The tornado was on the ground for about 4 minutes.

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Tornado #3 - IOWA CITY, IA
Johnson County

Date	5/24/2019
Time (Local)	6:37 PM-7:04 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-1
Est. Peak Winds	110 mph
Path Length	11.0 miles
Max Width	75 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: A high-end EF1 tornado damaged rooftops, destroyed outbuildings, snapped and uprooted trees, and flipped and destroyed large trailers along the path that extended from about 11 miles west southwest of the Iowa City Airport to just east of the airport. The tornado was on the ground for about 27 minutes.

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Tornado #4 - NE West Branch, IA
Cedar County

Date	5/24/2019
Time (Local)	7:27 PM-7:28 PM CDT
EF Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	80 mph
Path Length	0.04 miles
Max Width	10 yards
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: An EF-0 tornado touched down briefly, causing tree damage at a farmstead.

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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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Rain Reports


Local Rainfall 5/23-5/24	Local Rainfall 5/24-5/25

24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Friday May 24, 2019. ....IOWA.... NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 2.42 Perry 0 W 2.36 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 1.95 Marshalltown 1 NW 1.83 Boone 1 SSW 1.81 Vinton 1.55 Independence 1.2 N 1.46 Toledo 3 N 1.31 Center Point 0.6 NNW 1.29 Hampton 1 N 1.20 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 1.14 Independence 0.9 WNW 1.12 Manchester 1.1 N 1.12 Central City 6.7 W 1.11 Ames US 30 2 SSE 1.09 Tripoli 0 N 1.06 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 1.04 Coggon 1.02 Maquoketa 4 W 0.98 Hopkinton 5.4 WSW 0.98 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.97 Anamosa 1.9 SE 0.97 Mason City 1 NNE 0.95 Monticello 1 E 0.95 Center Junction 2.6 W 0.95 Williamsburg 0.95 Cascade 0.93 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.92 Fayette 1 NW 0.90 Rickardsville 0.2 W 0.87 Fairfax 4.0 NW 0.86 Marion 1.7 NNW 0.86 Strawberry Point 0.84 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.84 Ely 0.5 SE 0.84 Iowa City Arpt 0.83 North English 0.83 Bellevue LD12 0.80 Asbury 0.4 SW 0.79 Belle Plaine 0.79 Swisher 0.78 Dubuque LD11 0.78 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.78 Peosta 2.9 E 0.78 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.77 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.75 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 0.75 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.75 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.70 Cresco 1 NE 0.68 Delmar 2.3 NW 0.66 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.59 West Branch 2.0 NNW 0.56 Marengo 2.6 SSW 0.55 Marengo 0.54 Tipton 0.7 N 0.54 Fulton 0.54 Kalona 7.3 NNW 0.52 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.48 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.47 Pella 4 N 0.46 Sigourney 0.40 Iowa City 0.36 Riverdale 0.5 N 0.33 Nichols 3.2 SSW 0.32 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 0.32 Donnellson 0.32 Oskaloosa 1 NNW 0.31 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.31 Davenport 0.9 SSW 0.30 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.30 Le Claire 1.8 NNE 0.27 Camanche 1.2 W 0.25 Le Claire LD14 0.25 Park View 0.2 WSW 0.24 De Witt 0.23 Ainsworth 7.4 N 0.21 Eldridge 0.6 ESE 0.20 Eldridge 0.6 S 0.20 Bettendorf 1.6 WSW 0.20 Wellman 4.0 E 0.19 Washington 0.19 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 0.18 Albia 3 NNE 0.13 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.11 Morning Sun 1.7 E 0.10 Davenport Arpt 5 N 0.10 Wapello 0.2 S 0.09 Muscatine 2N 0.09 Muscatine 2.1 N 0.08 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.02 Salem 1S 0.01 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 0.01 New London 1.5 SW 0.00 Centerville 0 NE 0.00 Keosauqua 0.00 Fairfield 0.00 Keokuk LD19 0.00 Fairfield 0.6 E 0.00 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.00 Oelwein AWOS 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.93 Stockton 3.4 NNE 0.91 Rockford ASOS 0.89 Milan 8.8 SSW 0.71 Elizabeth 0.71 Galena 0.69 Mount Carroll 0.67 Ridott 0.1 NE 0.66 Davis 0.5 N 0.66 Dakota 4.8 NW 0.65 Freeport 2.9 WSW 0.63 Shannon 0.2 S 0.62 Pearl City 0.4 SW 0.62 Freeport 2.0 NW 0.60 Freeport 0.55 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.54 Freeport 1.7 ESE 0.50 Woodhull 0.3 ESE 0.46 Milledgeville 0.6 NW 0.45 New Boston LD17 0.43 Mundelein 0.40 Roscoe 2SE 0.40 Lanark 1.6 SSE 0.39 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.39 Coal Valley 2.6 E 0.34 New Windsor 2.0 N 0.34 Alpha 2.3 N 0.33 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.33 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.30 Coleta 1.4 SSW 0.27 Quad City Arpt 3 S 0.26 Romeoville 0.26 Paw Paw 1 E 0.24 La Moille 0.2 NNE 0.23 Ottawa 4 SW 0.20 Illinois City 6.7 SW 0.20 Rochelle 0.20 Quincy Dam 21 0.19 Aledo 0.18 Princeton 1.1 SE 0.18 Gladstone LD18 0.18 Mendota 2 SE 0.18 Princeton 0.18 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 0.17 Sterling 4.9 WSW 0.17 Peoria ASOS 0.16 Streator 3 SE 0.15 Bloomington Airport 0.14 Galesburg 0.12 Walnut 5.3 ENE 0.12 Altona 0.12 Galva 2.7 NE 0.11 Rochelle AWOS 0.11 Prophetstown 0.2 SW 0.10 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 0.09 Steward 0.08 Augusta 0.05 Kewanee 1 E 0.05 Macomb 0.04 Windsor 0.03 Bentley 0.03 Colchester 3.5 NE 0.03 Joliet 0.03 Macomb 3.8 NW 0.03 Tuscola 0.01 Ogden 0.00 Quincy ASOS 0.00 Lincoln NWS 0.00 Decatur Airport 0.00 La Harpe 0.00 Jacksonville AWOS 0.00 Monmouth 4NW 0.00 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 0.00 St Anne 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Canton LD20 0.04 Memphis 0.00 Kirksville ASOS 0.00 Chillicothe 2 NW 0.00 Columbia 0.00 ....WISCONSIN.... Monroe 1 W 0.76 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.72 Darlington 0.67 Brodhead 1 SW 0.57 Beloit-College 0.43 Viroqua 0.43 Whitewater 0.40 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 0.34 La Crosse WFO 0.28 Madison-ASOS 0.27 Allenton-WWTP .6 NW 0.12 Watertown-AWOS 0.00 ....MINNESOTA.... Preston 0.29 Theilman 1SSW 0.28	24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Saturday May 25, 2019. ....IOWA.... Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 1.50 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 1.37 Guttenberg Dam 10 1.26 Dubuque LD11 1.10 Asbury 0.4 SW 1.10 Marion 1.7 NNW 1.04 Fayette 1 NW 1.00 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.95 Allerton 2 S 0.93 Pella 4 N 0.90 Cascade 0.88 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.84 Peosta 2.9 E 0.84 Toledo 3 N 0.81 Bellevue LD12 0.74 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.73 Center Point 0.6 NNW 0.71 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.71 Strawberry Point 0.71 Iowa City 8.0 NE 0.69 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.65 De Witt 0.64 Iowa City 0.60 Burlington 0.8 SSE 0.60 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.59 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.58 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.56 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.56 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 0.55 Central City 6.7 W 0.54 Tripoli 0 N 0.53 Kalona 7.3 NNW 0.51 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.51 Hampton 1 N 0.48 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.46 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.44 Burlington 2.1 S 0.43 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.43 Maquoketa 4 W 0.42 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.42 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.41 Donnellson 0.41 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.41 Keosauqua 0.41 Delmar 2.3 NW 0.41 Keokuk LD19 0.40 Iowa City Arpt 0.38 Newton 1 NE 0.38 Bloomfield 1 NW 0.35 Independence 1.2 N 0.33 Cresco 1 NE 0.31 Washington 5.8 SW 0.31 Fairfield 0.31 Salem 1S 0.29 Ainsworth 7.4 N 0.25 Washington 0.24 Wapello 0.2 S 0.24 Bettendorf 1.6 WSW 0.24 Mason City 1 NNE 0.23 West Point 7.5 NW 0.23 Davenport 0.9 SSW 0.23 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.22 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 0.22 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.18 Muscatine 2N 0.16 Muscatine 2.1 N 0.16 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.16 Muscatine 2.6 NNE 0.16 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.15 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 0.14 Morning Sun 1.7 E 0.14 Riverdale 0.5 N 0.13 Perry 0 W 0.09 Davenport Arpt 5 N 0.08 Boone 1 SSW 0.00 Oelwein AWOS 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Pearl City 0.4 SW 1.35 Orangeville 2.8 NW 1.30 La Harpe 1.10 Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.97 Freeport 2.0 NW 0.94 Davis 0.5 N 0.92 Colchester 3.5 NE 0.89 Freeport 1.7 NW 0.85 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 0.77 Freeport 0.76 Macomb 0.75 Elizabeth 0.75 Prophetstown 0.2 SW 0.73 Freeport 2.9 WSW 0.69 Galena 0.68 Stockton 3.4 NNE 0.68 Roseville 0.6 WNW 0.68 Shannon 0.2 S 0.67 Bentley 0.57 Roscoe 2SE 0.54 Coal Valley 2.6 E 0.52 Rockford ASOS 0.51 Ridott 0.1 NE 0.46 Atkinson 2.6 NNE 0.44 Quad City Arpt 3 S 0.43 Lanark 6.0 E 0.42 Gladstone LD18 0.40 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.40 Lanark 1.6 SSE 0.39 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 0.38 Morrison 3.2 E 0.36 Kewanee 1 E 0.33 New Boston LD17 0.27 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.27 Mundelein 0.21 Aledo 0.19 Alpha 2.3 N 0.17 Illinois City 6.7 SW 0.17 Rochelle AWOS 0.15 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.15 Rochelle 0.13 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.11 Milan 8.8 SSW 0.09 Woodhull 4.9 E 0.09 Bloomington Airport 0.09 Woodhull 0.3 ESE 0.05 Peoria ASOS 0.05 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 0.04 New Windsor 2.0 N 0.04 Steward 0.03 Romeoville 0.00 Princeton 1.1 SE 0.00 Princeton 0.00 Quincy ASOS 0.00 Ottawa 4 SW 0.00 Decatur Airport 0.00 Jacksonville AWOS 0.00 Streator 3 SE 0.00 Joliet 0.00 St Anne 0.00 Lincoln NWS 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Chillicothe 2 NW 0.98 Memphis 0.94 Kirksville ASOS 0.93 Columbia 0.07 ....WISCONSIN.... Madison-ASOS 2.22 Brodhead 1 SW 1.73 Allenton-WWTP .6 NW 1.10 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 1.00 Monroe 1 W 0.94 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.79 Beloit-College 0.75 Viroqua 0.68 Whitewater 0.53 La Crosse WFO 0.52 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W 0.25 Watertown-AWOS 0.00 ....MINNESOTA.... Preston 0.14 Theilman 1SSW 0.08

Environment

SPC EVENT SUMMARY MAY 24, 2019


Day 1 (1630z)	Day 1 Tornado	Day 1 Hail	Day 1 Wind


MCD 0768	MCD #0772	MCD #0778


MCD 0782	MCD 0784	Davenport 7 AM 5/24 Sounding	Lincoln, IL 7 PM 5/24 Sounding

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