Event Summary: August 16, 2018

Overview

Widespread showers and thunderstorms tracked across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois and northeast Missouri ahead of a cold front during the afternoon and evening of Thursday, August 16. These storms mainly produced torrential rainfall amounts of 1-3 inches and frequent lightning.

A tornado touched down on the west side of Oxford Junction, IA, which caused damage to a structure.

Event Summaries

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(16 August 2018 - 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM)

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Environment

Tornado:

Tornado - Oxford Junction, IA
Jones County

Date	08/16/2018
Time (Local)	Estimated ~6:08pm
Rating	EF-0
Est. Peak Winds	75 MPH
Path Length	NA
Max Width	NA
Injuries/Deaths	0 / 0
Summary: Six firefighters observed a tornado touchdown on the west side of Oxford Junction, Iowa. There was damage to a pipe and shingles on a structure.

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Local Rainfall Map	Radar Estimated Rainfall


24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Friday August 17, 2018. ....IOWA.... Davenport Arpt 5 N 2.49 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 1.84 Eldridge 0.6 S 1.67 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 1.57 Eldridge 0.6 ESE 1.42 Tripoli 0 N 1.25 Le Claire 1.8 NNE 1.15 Davenport 3.8 NNW 1.07 Davenport 2.9 W 0.98 Fulton 0.97 Manchester 0.96 Dubuque #3 7 SW 0.84 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.81 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.77 Pella 4 N 0.76 Dubuque LD11 0.74 Bettendorf 1.6 WSW 0.72 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.69 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.66 Iowa City 0.66 Elkader 6SSW 0.65 Cresco 1 NE 0.58 Toledo 3 N 0.55 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.52 Davenport 0.9 SSW 0.49 Mason City 1 NNE 0.48 Center Point 0.6 NNW 0.47 Camanche 1.2 W 0.44 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 0.43 Oelwein AWOS 0.43 Salem 1S 0.37 Park View 0.2 WSW 0.37 Maquoketa 4W 0.36 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.35 Bellevue 0.3 SSW 0.35 Iowa City Arpt 0.34 Bellevue LD12 0.28 Boone 1 SSW 0.21 Salem 3.1 ESE 0.21 Monticello 1 E 0.19 Keosauqua 0.19 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.16 West Point 7.5 NW 0.14 Coggon 0.13 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.11 Belle Plaine 0.10 Lowden 0.08 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.07 Central City 6.7 W 0.06 Oskaloosa 1 NNW 0.06 Hampton 1 N 0.06 Donnellson 0.05 Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE 0.04 Grinnell 2 SW 0.04 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.04 Fairfield 0.04 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.02 Ely 0.5 SE 0.01 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 0.01 Marion 1.7 NNW 0.01 Marengo 2.6 SSW 0.01 Kalona 7.3 NNW 0.01 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.01 Muscatine 2N 0.00 Mt Pleasant 1 SSW 0.00 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.00 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.00 Washington 0.00 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.00 Centerville 0 NE 0.00 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.00 Perry 0 W 0.00 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.00 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.00 Williamsburg 0.00 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Colchester 3.5 NE 1.98 Davis 0.5 N 1.93 Galena 1.56 Augusta 1.36 Shannon 0.2 S 0.99 Freeport 0.98 Bloomington Airport 0.92 Alexis 1 SW 0.77 Peoria ASOS 0.76 Roscoe 2SE 0.69 Morrison 3.2 E 0.65 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.63 Quad City Arpt 3 S 0.62 Freeport 2.0 NW 0.60 Romeoville 0.54 Rochelle 0.54 Rock Falls 0.51 Ottawa 4 SW 0.50 Moline 0.9 N 0.45 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.45 Rochelle AWOS 0.44 Mundelein 0.43 Monmouth 4NW 0.39 Paw Paw 1 E 0.39 Steward 0.38 Rockford ASOS 0.37 Atkinson 2.6 NNE 0.37 Jacksonville AWOS 0.35 Mendota 2 SE 0.32 Joliet 0.29 Warsaw 5.8 SE 0.29 Orangeville 2.8 NW 0.29 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 0.28 Princeton 1.1 SE 0.24 Princeton 0.24 Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.23 Lincoln NWS 0.19 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 0.18 Elizabeth 0.18 St Anne 0.17 Chadwick 2.7 WSW 0.14 New Windsor 2.0 N 0.12 Streator 3 SE 0.10 Coleta 1.4 SSW 0.10 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 0.07 Kewanee 1 E 0.06 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.05 La Harpe 0.04 Quincy ASOS 0.02 Aledo 0.00 New Boston LD17 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Memphis 0.1 S 0.37 Memphis 0.35 Columbia 0.06 Kahoka 0.6 S 0.05 Kirksville ASOS 0.00 Chillicothe 2 NW 0.00 ....WISCONSIN.... Brodhead 1 SW 4.47 Madison-ASOS 1.87 Darlington 1.70 Whitewater 1.34 Watertown-AWOS 1.08 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W 0.88 La Crosse WFO 0.88 Beloit-College 0.80 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 0.64 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.44 Monroe 1 W 0.22 Allenton-WWTP .6 NW 0.21 ....MINNESOTA.... Preston 0.27

Interactive Storm Report Map	SPC Storm Reports


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL THU AUG 16 2018 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0608 PM TORNADO OXFORD JUNCTION 41.98N 90.96W 08/16/2018 JONES IA EMERGENCY MNGR 6 FIREFIGHTERS OBSERVED TORNADO TOUCHDOWN ON THE WEST SIDE OF OXFORD JUNCTION. DAMAGE TO PIPE AND SHINGLES ON A STRUCTURE. 0610 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNE STONE CITY 42.14N 91.33W 08/16/2018 M2.20 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER 24 HOUR STORM TOTAL RAINFALL.


Figure 1 SPC Day 1 Outlook 20:00 UTC)	Figure 2 SPC Day 1 Tornado Outlook (20:00 UTC)	Figure 3 SPC Day 1 Hail Outlook (20:00 UTC)


Figure 4 SPC Day 1 Wind Outlook (20:00 UTC)	Figure 5 DVN Sounding 8/16/18 12z	Figure 6 DVN Sounding 8/17/18 00z

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