Thunderstorm Wind — Rock Island, Illinois

2025-06-03 · near Babcock Addition, Rock Island, Illinois

87 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Twelve power poles snapped off. Time estimated from radar information.

Wider weather episode

In the late afternoon of June 3rd, a line of thunderstorms developed in northeast Missouri, and spread into far southeast Iowa and Illinois. These storms rapidly became severe. The thunderstorms quickly moved northeast across southeast Iowa, west central, and northwest Illinois between 530 PM and 8 PM CDT. This line of storms produced 8 tornadoes, along with isolated pockets of higher end wind damage from estimated winds of 80 to 100 mph. A cluster of several tornadoes moved into the the southern portions of the Quad Cities IA/IL metro area, producing EF1 damage into Moline Illinois.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1261664. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.