Thunderstorm Wind in Cedar County, Iowa
Thunderstorm Wind May 24, 2024 · Cedar County, Iowa
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Wind gusts up to 60 mph.
The wider storm
A long-lasting complex of severe thunderstorms, known as a derecho, tracked from central Nebraska through northwest Illinois during the late night hours May 23rd, to the morning of May 24th. This resulted in frequent wind damage reports and embedded tornadoes. There were 16 tornadoes confirmed in the NWS Quad Cities warning area. The four strongest tornadoes all had maximum winds near 110 mph (EF1), and those were the Delta, IA; Wellman to Frytown, IA; Bennett to Lowden, IA; and Coyne Center, IL tornadoes. This was the most tornadoes in a single event for the NWS Quad Cities warning area since the March 31, 2023 outbreak.
Began near Lowden (41.8600, -90.9200).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1177365. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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