EF1 tornado in Buchanan County, Iowa

A high end EF-1 tornado touched down northwest of Quasqueton, IA near the Pine Creek Wildlife area, damaging several trees along 262nd St. The tornado continued to track to the northeast, uprooting and snapping several healthy hardwood trees at the Pine Creek Cemetery. Several individuals who lived near the cemetery observed the tornado at this time. The tornado continued moving to the NNE, uprooting several more trees, damaging a farm outbuilding and overturning a semi along Highway 20 before lifting about 4 miles northeast of Winthrop, IA.

Eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and far northeast Missouri sat in the warm sector of an intense Spring storm system that brought widespread severe thunderstorms to the area during the afternoon and evening hours on April 16th. There were reports of hail, damaging winds, and two tornadoes. One of the tornadoes was on the ground for 42 miles across parts of Lee, Henry, Des Moines and Louisa Counties and was rated EF-2 with maximum winds of 130 MPH.