Thunderstorm Wind — Scott, Iowa

2025-08-10 · near Davenport Arpt, Scott, Iowa

Event narrative

A line of power poles snapped off from 230th street to Blackhawk Trail. No other damage in the vicinity. Time estimated from radar data. Wind appears to have been strong in this area, but other factors appeared to be part of why these poles snapped off. There were numerous trees, buildings, and crops directly adjacent to these snapped poles, and none of these were damaged in any visible way.

Wider weather episode

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms tracked across the area early Sunday August 10th, bringing very heavy rain, frequent lightning, and some localized gusty winds. Rainfall rates over 2/hr on top of saturated ground caused flash flooding with water over roadways and creeks overflowing. Late afternoon and evening storms brought more heavy rain and three brief tornadoes in Lee county in Iowa and Clark county in Missouri. No damage was reported or seen with these tornadoes.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1275093. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.