Thunderstorm Wind — Clinton, Iowa

2025-07-10 · near Clinton, Clinton, Iowa

Event narrative

A trained spotter reported that a couple of trees were downed. One tree was 2 to 3 feet in diameter. The time of the event was estimated using radar.

Wider weather episode

During the evening of July 10th, a line of thunderstorms developed and moved across eastern Iowa. These storms produced isolated large hail and damaging wind gusts in Johnson and Clinton Counties. Based on a video, an EF-U tornado occurred in Jackson county. These storms also produced heavy rain, mainly along and north of interstate 80. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4.50 inches were reported across the area. This rain led to flash flooding in Clinton, Dubuque, Davenport near the Mississippi River and Sabula.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1280602. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.