Thunderstorm Wind — Delaware, Iowa

2022-07-23 · near Hopkinton, Delaware, Iowa

Event narrative

A trained spotter sent pictures via social media that shows a few branches near 6 inches in diameter down along with the trunk of a snapped tree. The time of the event was estimated using radar.

Wider weather episode

A line of severe thunderstorms tracked across portions of eastern Iowa during the evening hours of July 23rd and into northwest Illinois during the early morning of Sunday July 24th. Storms produced mainly damaging winds along their path, with numerous reports of structure, tree, and power line damage from Buchanan County Iowa east into Jo Daviess County Illinois. The Dubuque County Airport measured a 67 MPH wind gust as storms passed.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1046888. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.