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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
727 PM CDT WED APR 23 2025  
   
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON  
   
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.  
 
..REMARKS..  
 
0710 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSE BEAVERDALE 40.83N 91.21W  
04/20/2025 DES MOINES IA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
SNAPPED POWER POLES AND A STORAGE FACILITY  
DESTROYED. PEAK WINDS 80 TO 90 MPH.  
 
0713 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N BOWEN 40.24N 91.06W  
04/20/2025 HANCOCK IL EMERGENCY MNGR  
 
UPDATES PREVIOUS LSR. ONE OUTBUILDING  
HEAVILY DAMAGED AND ONE DESTROYED. TIME OF  
THE EVENT ESTIMATED USING RADAR.  
 
0714 PM TSTM WND GST 1 SE BEAVERDALE 40.84N 91.21W  
04/20/2025 M60 MPH DES MOINES IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
ESTIMATED WIND SPEEDS OF 55 TO 60 MPH.  
 
0717 PM TSTM WND GST BURLINGTON REGIONAL AIR 40.79N 91.13W  
04/20/2025 M61 MPH DES MOINES IA PUBLIC  
 
MEASURED A 53 KNOT GUST. ALSO OCCURRED AT  
714 PM CDT.  
 
0731 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 W CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.73W  
04/20/2025 LINN IA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: STREET/ROAD FLOODING;  
STREET/ROAD CLOSED; VEHICLES STRANDED.  
 
0736 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 E FANDON 40.38N 90.70W  
04/20/2025 MCDONOUGH IL PUBLIC  
 
70 MPH MEASURED WIND GUST AND SMALL BRANCHES  
1 INCH IN DIAMETER BROKEN. TIME ESTIMATED BY  
RADAR.  
 
0737 PM TORNADO 2 S BLANDINSVILLE 40.52N 90.88W  
04/20/2025 MCDONOUGH IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
AN EF1 TORNADO STARTED JUST SOUTH OF  
BLANDINSVILLE AND TRACKED TO NE ALONG A 7  
MILE PATH. TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AT NUMEROUS  
LOCATIONS WITH LARGE BRANCHES AND SOME TREES  
SNAPPED. POWER POLES IN TWO LOCATIONS WERE  
SNAPPED, RESULTING IN AN ESTIMATED MAX WIND  
SPEED OF 100 MPH.  
 
0745 PM TSTM WND DMG MACOMB 40.47N 90.68W  
04/20/2025 MCDONOUGH IL EMERGENCY MNGR  
 
APARTMENT ROOF HEAVILY DAMAGED. IN  
COORDINATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND  
REVIEWING PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE AND AREAS  
AROUND IT, THIS WAS DETERMINED TO BE FROM  
STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED USING  
RADAR.  
 
0745 PM TORNADO 2 N NEW BOSTON 41.20N 91.00W  
04/20/2025 MERCER IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
EF0...PEAK WINDS 85 MPH...PATH LENGTH 0.8  
MILES...PATH WIDTH 25 YARDS.  
 
0746 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N MACOMB 40.47N 90.68W  
04/20/2025 MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN OVER ROOF OF HOUSE  
WITH SIDING DAMAGE.  
 
0747 PM TORNADO 1 NNE SCIOTA 40.57N 90.74W  
04/20/2025 MCDONOUGH IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
AN EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED JUST TO THE NE OF  
SCIOTA. TREE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT THE  
BEGINNING OF THE 3 MILE TRACK. THE TORNADO  
THEN STRENGTHENED AND SNAPPED POWER POLES  
AND EVENTUALLY DESTROYED A FARM OUTBUILDING,  
WITH AN MAX ESTIMATED SPEED OF 100 MPH.  
 
0750 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SE MACOMB 40.44N 90.65W  
04/20/2025 MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
SEVERAL SHINGLES LOST FROM ROOF OF HOUSE.  
TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR.  
 
0752 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 SSE HIAWATHA 42.02N 91.67W  
04/20/2025 LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
REPORT OF CREEK FLOWING OUT OF ITS BANKS  
ALONG CENTER POINT ROAD AND I-380. PHOTOS  
WERE ALSO SUBMITTED SHOWING THE FLOODED  
CREEK. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WAS  
REPORTED AROUND CEDAR RAPIDS.  
 
0757 PM TORNADO SWAN CREEK 40.67N 90.65W  
04/20/2025 WARREN IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
MULTIPLE DEPUTIES REPORTED SEEING A TORNADO  
FROM NEAR GREENBUSH LOOKING BACK SOUTHWEST.  
LINKING THAT WITH THE GARAGE DAMAGE BY SWAN  
CREEK WOULD MAKE FOR A SHORT-LIVED TORNADO  
WHICH LINES UP WITH RADAR. NO OTHER DAMAGE  
REPORTED BY WARREN COUNTY EMA DIRECTOR. EF0  
WITH 70 MPH MAX WINDS.  
 
0800 PM RAIN 3 W CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.73W  
04/20/2025 M2.40 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
 
 
0812 PM RAIN 1 WSW MT HAMILL 40.74N 91.64W  
04/20/2025 M1.55 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL.  
 
0816 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 NW MARION 42.05N 91.60W  
04/20/2025 LINN IA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: STREET/ROAD FLOODING;  
STREET/ROAD CLOSED; VEHICLES STRANDED.  
 
0827 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 S HIAWATHA 42.02N 91.69W  
04/20/2025 LINN IA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: STREET/ROAD FLOODING;  
STREET/ROAD CLOSED; VEHICLES STRANDED.  
 
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N CREDIT ISLAND 41.52N 90.61W  
04/20/2025 SCOTT IA 911 CALL CENTER  
 
911 DISPATCH RELAYED A REPORT OF A TREE THAT  
FELL ON A PARKED VEHICLE. TIME ESTIMATED BY  
RADAR.  
 
0834 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NW SHERRARD 41.34N 90.54W  
04/20/2025 ROCK ISLAND IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
BARN PARTIALLY DAMAGED AND SOME BRANCHES  
DOWN. ISOLATED TO THIS ONE PROPERTY. TIME  
ESTIMATED USING RADAR.  
 
0836 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N NEW WINDSOR 41.24N 90.44W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
SPOTTER HAS AN ANEMOMETER READING OF 65 MPH  
WITH A 4 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN.  
 
0841 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 W MARION 42.02N 91.62W  
04/20/2025 LINN IA PUBLIC  
 
REPORT FROM MPING: STREET/ROAD FLOODING;  
STREET/ROAD CLOSED; VEHICLES STRANDED.  
 
0845 PM RAIN CANTRIL 40.64N 92.07W  
04/20/2025 M1.89 INCH VAN BUREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
 
 
0847 PM RAIN 3 ENE CHARLIE HEATH MEM 40.59N 91.84W  
04/20/2025 M2.10 INCH CLARK MO TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
RAINFALL TOTAL.  
 
0850 PM TSTM WND DMG GALVA 41.16N 90.03W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL EMERGENCY MNGR  
 
PINE TREE TOP BLOWN OFF. TIME ESTIMATED FROM  
RADAR DATA.  
 
0854 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW LE CLAIRE 41.59N 90.37W  
04/20/2025 SCOTT IA NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1  
SSW LE CLAIRE. TREE UPROOTED AT THIS  
LOCATION.  
 
0857 PM TORNADO 4 W KEWANEE 41.24N 89.99W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
BRIEF TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO A DOOR ON AN  
OUTBUILDING. THE TORNADO THEN CAUSED BRANCH  
DAMAGE BEFORE ENDING SHORTLY. EF0 WITH 80  
MPH MAX WINDS.  
 
0858 PM TORNADO 4 SSE OSBORN 41.46N 90.24W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
A BRIEF TORNADO CAUSED DAMAGE TO TREES. EF0  
WITH 80 MPH MAX WINDS.  
 
0858 PM TORNADO 4 E MORRISTOWN 41.41N 90.23W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
A TORNADIC DEBRIS SIGNATURE WAS SEEN ON THE  
KDVN DOPPLER RADAR UP TO 2,900 FT. CORN  
STUBBLE AND LEAVES WERE FOUND ALONG THE  
BEGINNING OF THE PATH. AS THE TORNADO  
APPROACHED THE HENNEPIN CANAL, TREE DAMAGE  
WAS FOUND WITH SNAPPED HARDWOOD TREES AND  
OTHER BRANCHES. ADDITIONAL BRANCHES WERE  
FOUND JUST SOUTHWEST OF SHADY BEACH.  
 
0858 PM TORNADO 1 SSW GERMAN CORNER 41.29N 90.04W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
AN EF1 TORNADO FORMED TO THE NE OF KEWANEE  
AND TRACKED TO THE NORTH AND ENDED JUST  
SOUTH OF ATKINSON. TREES ALONG THE 7 MILE  
PATH WERE SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK. SOME  
BRANCHES WERE DOWNED AS WELL. AT THE END OF  
THE PATH A STRUCTURE WAS DESTROYED BY MAX  
WINDS ESTIMATED TO BE 95 MPH.  
 
0907 PM RAIN 1 NE MARION 42.04N 91.58W  
04/20/2025 M2.32 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE 9 AM THIS MORNING.  
 
0909 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 SSE OSBORN 41.47N 90.23W  
04/20/2025 HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
TREES DOWN OVER TRAIN TRACKS. PROBABLE  
TORNADO DAMAGE.  
 
0912 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE MILO 41.16N 89.56W  
04/20/2025 BUREAU IL TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
6 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN. TIME  
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA.  
 
0915 PM TSTM WND DMG CORDOVA 41.68N 90.31W  
04/20/2025 ROCK ISLAND IL PUBLIC  
 
MULTIPLE TREES DOWNED AT CEMETERY. TIME  
ESTIMATED USING RADAR.  
 
0916 PM RAIN BELLE PLAINE 41.90N 92.28W  
04/20/2025 M1.50 INCH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
 
 
0916 PM RAIN SHELLSBURG 42.09N 91.87W  
04/20/2025 M1.50 INCH BENTON IA PUBLIC  
 
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL.  
 
0926 PM TORNADO 2 E YORKTOWN 41.57N 89.81W  
04/20/2025 BUREAU IL NWS STORM SURVEY  
 
CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 E  
YORKTOWN. ONE POWER POLE WAS SNAPPED AT THE  
BEGINNING OF THE PATH. THREE OTHER POWER  
POLES WERE REPLACED AS WELL. THIS TORNADO  
THEN TRACKED NORTH AND LED TO TREE DAMAGE  
JUST ACROSS COUNTY BORDER INTO WHITESIDE  
COUNTY. EF1 TORNADO WITH MAX WINDS OF 100  
MPH.  
 
1011 PM RAIN 2 NW MARION 42.06N 91.61W  
04/20/2025 M2.17 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
 
 
1015 PM RAIN 2 NW CEDAR RAPIDS 41.99N 91.70W  
04/20/2025 M2.70 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
 
 
1035 PM RAIN 5 W SOUTH GORIN 40.38N 92.11W  
04/20/2025 M1.95 INCH SCOTLAND MO TRAINED SPOTTER  
 
 
 
 
 
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