Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in Cedar County, IA

Hail Report Description: Delayed report.

Hail Report Description: Damage to siding on house and business and downspout dents due to combination of strong winds and hail. Many homes in town with damage.

Hail Report Description: 40 to 45 mph winds also.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: Report from Trained Spotter: Quarter (1 in.).

Hail Report Description: EM reported golf ball size hail and extensive hail related damage... including to a greenhouse and to roofs and siding in town.

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Hail Report Description: Time estimated by radar.

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Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).

Hail Report Description: Social media report of golf ball size hail. Time estimated by radar.

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Hail Report Description: Corrects time of the previous hail report from Durant. Received via social media.

Hail Report Description: Received via social media.

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Hail Report Description: TIME OF THE EVENT ESTIMATED USING RADAR.

Hail Report Description: 2.25 INCH HAIL REPORTED... TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR.

Hail Report Description: HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN.

Hail Report Description: FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS HAIL OF QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE ALONG WITH 0.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN UNDER TEN MINUTES.

Hail Report Description: SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.

Hail Report Description: SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT.

Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.

Hail Report Description: HAIL WAS MAINLY DIME TO QUARTER WITH LARGEST HAILSTONE BEING 1.5 INCHES.

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Wind Report Description: 2 to 4 inch tree limbs down. The time of the event was estimated using radar.

Wind Report Description: Delayed report and time estimated from radar. Tree branch down on transformer.

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Wind Report Description: Section of a sheet metal roof was ripped off. Picture sent via social media. Time estimated by radar.

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Wind Report Description: Corrects previous tstm wnd gst report from 1 SSE Stanwood.

Wind Report Description: Time estimated using radar.

Wind Report Description: Measured using a car anemometer.

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Wind Report Description: Large branches downed. From Sunday evenings storms. Time estimated using radar.

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Wind Report Description: Delayed report. three 10-inch diameter trees down in town.

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Wind Report Description: Persisting for the past 5 to 10 minutes.

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Wind Report Description: Storm survey found sporadic damage associated with straight line winds through Sunbury. Winds were estimated to be 80-90 MPH.

Wind Report Description: Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.

Wind Report Description: Photo sent of a power line pole leaning over a gravel road.

Wind Report Description: estimated 80 mph gusts at 705 pm. still blowing at about 50 mph as of 711pm.

Wind Report Description: 86 mph winds. Numerous large trees blocking roads in town. Roof blown off Country Club. Lots of farm buildings damaged in the surrounding area.

Wind Report Description: Up to 15 tall utility poles blown down... several snapped. Very likely at least 90 mph winds.

Wind Report Description: Roof blown off one-story home with debris blown northward onto the other side of Iowa Highway 130.

Wind Report Description: 15 trees blown down. Report relayed from social media.

Wind Report Description: 6-10 inch limbs down in the middle of Tipton IA.

Wind Report Description: Est 60+ mph by trained spotter CE196. lose of power... grill and patio furniture blown off deck.

Wind Report Description: 4 Semi trailers blown over around I-80 Exit 265. Time estimated from radar.

Wind Report Description: Trees down in West Branch. Time based on radar.

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Tornado Report Description: Rope tornado on the ground near X40 east of West Branch.

Tornado Report Description: A fast moving EF-0 tornado begun on the Muscatine/Cedar counties line. Causing roof damage... tree damage and eventually damage to farm outbuildings. The tornado had wind speeds of 85 MPH and at its widest was 50 yards.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado re-developed southwest of Bennett... IA... and tracked very rapidly northeast... causing sporadic tree and outbuilding damage. The tornado then struck a farmstead just west of Lowden... where it blew a grain bin off its foundation... and snapped multiple trees and power poles. The tornado was rated EF-1 with max winds around 110 mph. There were no injuries reported.

Tornado Report Description: A trained spotter reported a tornado north of Sutliff in far southeast Linn County. Public video also showed a tornado south and east of Mechanicsville... IA. There was no known damage to assign a rating... so the tornado is classified as an EF-Unknown.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado developed just east of Riverside in Washington County... and moved rapidly northeast... following an intermittent path through southeast Johnson County... to near West Branch in Cedar County. The tornado caused tree and outbuilding damage... and was rated EF-1 with maximum winds around 100 mph. Time was estimated from radar.

Tornado Report Description: *** 2 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO... 19.6 MILE PATH LENGTH AND 200 YARD WIDTH.

Tornado Report Description: ESTIMATED PEAK 100 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 10.5 MILES AND WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. THIS PATH DID NOT CROSS THE TORNADO JUST NORTH.

Tornado Report Description: ESTIMATED PEAK 120 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 22.7 MILES AND WIDTH OF 250 YARDS.

Tornado Report Description: CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 NNW DOWNEY TO CHANGE FROM A PUBLIC REPORT TO AN NWS STORM SURVEY. MAINLY A SATELLITE DERIVED TRACK. AT THE END OF ITS PATH... SOME DAMAGE TO TREES WERE FOUND RESULTING IN THE EF1 RATING. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 8 MILES WITH A PEAK ESTIMATED WIND OF 95 MPH.

Tornado Report Description: RELAYED BY CEDAR RAPIDS WARNING POINT OF TORNADO ON THE GROUND AND MOVING NORTH. TIME ESTIMATED USING RADAR.

Tornado Report Description: A TORNADO DEVELOPED SOUTHWEST OF MECHANICSVILLE SHORTLY BEFORE 1 PM... AND TRACKED NORTHEAST THROUGH NORTHERN CEDAR COUNTY. THE TORNADO DESTROYED THE PORCH OF A HOME JUST WEST OF MECHANICSVILLE... AND CAUSED OUTBUILDING DAMAGE AT A FARMSTEAD NEAR THE CEDAR/JONES COUNTY LINE BEFORE LIFTING. THE TORNADO WAS RATED EF1 WITH MAXIMUM WINDS ESTIMATED AROUND 95 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR ABOUT 16 MINUTES ALONG AN INTERMITTENT 7 MILE PATH. ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY CEDAR COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND THE MECHANICSVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.

Tornado Report Description: BRIEF TORNADO SOUTH OF TOWN. LOFTED 2 GRAIN BINS AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO SOME CORN.

Tornado Report Description: 1018 PM TO 1031 PM. EF1. EST PEAK WIND 110 MPH. PATH LENGTH 16.7 MILES. MAX WIDTH 100 YARDS. END LOCATION 41.84 N -90.7261 W OR 6.5 MILES NNE WHEATLAND IN CLINTON COUNTY. A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTHWEST OF BENNETT AND TRACKED NORTHEAST ALONG A 16.7 MILE PATH TO NORTHEAST OF WHEATLAND. A FARM JUST NORTH OF BENNETT SUSTAINED THE GREATEST DAMAGE WHERE ALL OF THE OUTBUILDINGS AND MOST OF THE TREES WERE DESTROYED. ELSEWHERE... DAMAGE OCCURRED TO TREES... OUTBUILDINGS... AND POWER LINES.

Tornado Report Description: An NWS Storm Survey rated this as an EF-0 tornado. The peak wind speeds were estimated to be 70 MPH. This tornado touched down in a farm field and no damage was found. The tornado location is based on video evidence provided to us by a storm spotter.

Tornado Report Description: A tornado touched down about 6 miles southwest of Bennett, IA. It went through a pasture uprooting some trees.

Tornado Report Description: Strong F1...winds estimated around 110 mph.

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Tornado Report Description: Tornado passed across open country along highway 30.

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Tornado Report Description: A vary dynamic weather pattern was in place across Iowa. The air mass was very unstable with total total indices of 61, K indices over 30, and helicity values over 600 m2-s-2. Soundings at 1200 UTC already indicated lifted indices of -7° C. Moisture pooling was taking place ahead of a windshift line which extended north to south across central Nebraska at sunrise. Dew point values rose to around 80° F. over most of Iowa in the morning. A strong cap was in place with 700 mb temps nearing +15° C. This held convection to a minimum. Thunderstorms had formed the previous night across South Dakota and advanced into southern Minnesota. They slid southeast and moved into north central Iowa during the late morning hours. Golf ball-size hail pelted Worth County northeast of Northwood. A short time later a second cell dropped dime-size hail on the area. The storms advanced southeast producing hail and gusty winds. Most of the activity was just below severe limits. When the storms reached Clayton County, dime size hail was reported in Luana. Meanwhile, in Garnavillo high winds were a problem. Several trees and numerous power lines were downed in the city as the gust front passed. In addition to the first cluster of storms that slid southeast, a line of thunderstorms formed quickly on its heels ahead of the trough/windshift line. These storms quickly became severe in the unstable air mass and joined with the aforementioned cluster of storms. Once the storms became severe, they produced considerable damage. Hail up to baseball-size, very high winds, and tornadoes resulted. There were several small tornadoes and one gustnado produced by the line. Of the more significant tornadoes, one tracked across Buchanan and Delaware Counties and caused damage to many out buildings. The tornado struck a few farmsteads directly and damaged many others. Considerable damage was reported along its path. One house was destroyed, two others sustained about $25 thousand damage each, five others sustained about $20 thousand damage, and a mobile home was destroyed worth $10 thousand. A grain elevator was struck near Lamont with damage placed to it at $500 thousand. A total of 19 farmsteads sustained damage in the county. Crop damage by the tornado was also severe with damage described as if "someone went through the fields with a Weedeater". Two head of cattle were killed near Lamont when the barn they were in collapsed. Another tornado that was on the ground for a significant length of time tracked across Clinton County. Other significant tornadoes struck Scott and Muscatine Counties. Straight line winds caused considerable damage in Delaware County. There were numerous reports of livestock killed or injured by fallen barns. Three hogs were crushed on a farm near Hopkinton for example. Damage from straight line winds alone in the county were placed near two and one half million dollars. Damage was very extensive around the Hopkinton area with many farmsteads affected and some nearly wiped out. Estimates from the entire Quad Cities metro area range to around $5 million. There was also considerable damage in Jones County from high winds. Wind gusts of at least 85 MPH destroyed 24 mobile homes and three permanent homes in Monticello. There was also damage reported to several other houses and businesses in the area. Other wind damage in the Monticello area included three silos destroyed, two large barns downed, two machine sheds, a corn crib, and six open sheds. Three head of cattle were killed as one of the barns collapsed on them. In another incident, a horse stable was blown down by the winds. One horse was killed as the stable toppled down on it. Also, in Monticello, a man was injured as high winds downed a tree on top of his car. Reports indicated the total property damage in the Monticello area were at least $1.8 million and were expected to top the $2 million mark. Estimates of crop damage due to the wind totaled close to $1 million across Jones County. Cedar County, winds of 90 to 95 MPH in close proximity to a tornado in the area destroyed one house and several buildings north of Atalissa. The tornado itself hit one farmstead north of the Atalissa area. Reports indicated food was sucked out of the refrigerator and boards were taken out of loaded grain wagons. When the house was hit, a letter from the attic was picked up shortly before 1900CST. The letter was retrieved at 1940CST; 40 miles from its original location in the Quad Cities. There were numerous reports of small rope tornadoes around the Lowden area. Two are included in this report. The tornado northwest of town touched down briefly in an open field. There were actually three separate touchdowns from one parent cloud within a period of several minutes. A local network of spotters in the county observed 24 funnel clouds. In addition to the tornadoes and winds, hail was a major problem. There were numerous reports of one to two-inch diameter hail. There were also several reports of baseball-size hail. In Clinton County, Grand Mound and DeWitt were pelted with baseball-size hail causing considerable damage. The airport at Clinton sustained damage by baseball-size hail as well. In Calamus, baseball-size hail fell on the city. The hail in combination with the wind damaged cars, knocking out windows. Windows were also knocked out of several buildings in the city. Hail also caused considerable crop damage in east central Iowa. Five thousand acres of corn and soybeans were totally destroyed, 10,000 acres slightly damaged, 50 hogs killed, and 10 head of cattle killed in a three county area. The Governor declared Buchanan, Delaware, and Jones Counties disaster areas. Damage and losses totaled into the millions. Earlier in the afternoon, lightning struck a barn in Winneshiek County near Castalia. The barn was a total loss as it burned to the ground.

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Tornado Report Description: A small tornado moved through a grove of trees just missing a home before striking two outbuildings. One of the buildings was newly constructed.

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