Power Outage in Burlington, IA

A tree was blown over onto power lines.

An EF2 tornado with 120 mph peak winds touched down doing damage to trees and the roof of a house. As it moved east it, strengthened causing more tree damage and siding damage to a house. The tornado then reached peak strength, destroying a farm outbuilding, throwing two pieces of farming equipment 40 yards, and then moving a pickup truck through the air approx 20 yards. A house at this location suffered major damage, as it was moved off it's foundation. All the windows were blown out, a bolted down garage was destroyed and lofted. Three power poles were also snapped at this location. The tornado then turned northeast, destroying numerous trees. Once it came down the bluff, it hit power lines causing them to lean over. The tornado ended shortly after this.

A second EF2 tornado with winds to 120 mph, touched down just east of the first one initially damaging trees and the roof of a mobile home. As it moved east, it strengthened as it went down the bluff. Here it destroyed a pig farm building along with taking down a wooden high power transmission line. One other house along with numerous trees sustained damage from the tornado.

An EF2 tornado with 120 mph peak winds touched down doing damage to trees and the roof of a house. As it moved east it, strengthened causing more tree damage and siding damage to a house. The tornado then reached peak strength, destroying a farm outbuilding, throwing two pieces of farming equipment 40 yards, and then moving a pickup truck through the air approx 20 yards. A house at this location suffered major damage, as it was moved off it's foundation. All the windows were blown out, a bolted down garage was destroyed and lofted. Three power poles were also snapped at this location. The tornado then turned northeast, destroying numerous trees. Once it came down the bluff, it hit power lines causing them to lean over. The tornado ended shortly after this.

A second EF2 tornado with winds to 120 mph, touched down just east of the first one initially damaging trees and the roof of a mobile home. As it moved east, it strengthened as it went down the bluff. Here it destroyed a pig farm building along with taking down a wooden high power transmission line. One other house along with numerous trees sustained damage from the tornado.

The fire department reported a few branches and powerlines down.

A few trees and power lines down.

The county emergency manager reported power lines were down and entangled with trees at Highway 61 north 260th Street. The local dispatch center power was out and operating on portable backups.

An EF1 tornado touched down briefly on the northwest side of the Iowa Army Ammunition Plant and tracked southeast for about 3 miles. Trees, roofs, outbuildings, power poles, and vehicles were damaged along the path. The maximum wind was estimated at 95 mph.

Power lines were blown down.

The emergency manager reported tree limbs and power lines down.

The public reported part of the roof on a home was blown off on the north side of Burlington. Numerous tree limbs were blown down along with some power lines.

The emergency manager reported live power lines down on a vehicle at 114 South Marshall Street in Burlington.

Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph broke a power pole off near the Burlington Bees baseball park in Burlington, IA at 502 am CDT September 5.

Wind gusts estimated to be 65 mph blew down about three or four large trees in Burlington, IA around 3 pm CDT September 3. One tree fell across Sunnyside Avenue. Another tree on the north side of town fell onto some power lines causing a power outage to about 6000 homes and businesses.

The tornado damage included snapped trees, broken large tree limbs, two broken power poles, a destroyed shed, and two over-turned railroad box cars.

The tornado damage included snapped trees, broken large tree limbs, two broken power poles, a destroyed shed, and two over-turned railroad box cars.

An isolated thunderstorm knocked down a tree onto an Alliant Energy transmission line connecting to a $3.2 million substation at the intersection of Fourth and Fifth Streets in Burlington, IA during the evening of April 23. Power was out to most of the downtown area until the early morning hours of April 24. Time estimated.

Wind gusts estimated to be 70 mph blew down some power lines onto Highway 61 about 3 miles north of Burlington, IA around 656 pm June 23. The highway was closed for a time.

Time and location estimated. A thunderstorm blew a tree down onto a power line around 10:30 pm Saturday, April 25 knocking the power out to about 757 Alliant Energy coustomers in Burlington.

Law enforcement reported about 12 power lines and 12 trees blown down.

A spotter in Burlington reported trees, limbs and power lines down, some blocking roads and on top of cars. Transformers also on fire. Most of city without power. A spotter 3N Burlington reported over 1 1/2 inch thick ice accumulation, with major tree damage to farm. Most trees had at least half their branches broken off. One tree was 100 years old.

The southern part of the bow echo or perhaps a new bow echo moved across Des Moines County from Henry County. A large number of trees were downed along with power poles with some trees as big as 2 to 4 feet in diameter with the main damage in West Burlington and Burlington. Radar data does indicate the stronger winds were along and north of the apex of the main bow in Louisa County. Tornado like damage was reported in Beaverdale with a funnel cloud reported 1S of Beaverdale. The following times have been established based on radar data (all CST); Pleasant Grove 1129-1139, Mediapolis 1136-1146, Danville 1138-1148, Beaverdale 1143-1153, West Burlington 1148-1158, Burlington 1155-1205.

6-10 inch diameter trees down with power lines down

Power lines down. Reported by law enforcement.

Tree blown down on a power distribution line. Reported by emergency management.

A strong and quick moving cold front made its way through the Midwest. The environment ahead of the cold front was unseasonably warm, with temperatures in the upper 60s and readings in the 40s not far behind the front. This led to strong baroclinicity along the front, and subsequent convection with just the right amount of instability. This is considered a high shear low CAPE (HSLC) event, where organized severe thunderstorms are favored in this environment. Potential hazards are damaging winds, large hail, and tornadoes. Six tornadoes were confirmed and several wind reports were received (ranging between 50-60 mph, with a few gusts over 60 mph). Damage reports ranged from structural damage to tree damage. Many residents were left without power in parts of northwestern IL, leading to some schools canceling classes on the 11th. Besides the strong winds, a few severe hail reports were received.||In addition, heavy rain occurred with some of the stronger storms, with rainfall totals over an inch. For how dry it has been, flash flooding was not much of a concern. While the environment was very moist and favorable for heavy rainfall, the fast storm motions led to little accumulation through much of our forecast area.

Severe thunderstorms moved southward across eastern Iowa during the morning hours on June 28, 2019. These thunderstorms produced damaging winds between 50 to 80 MPH that downed trees, limbs, power lines and destroyed barns and a silo.

Severe thunderstorms tracked across portions of eastern Iowa, northeast Missouri, and northwest Illinois Saturday evening, June 15, bringing damaging winds, heavy downpours, frequent lightning, large hail, and a tornado. Many areas saw winds between 30-50 mph during the evening hours, with higher winds of 60-70 mph reported in Iowa and Benton counties in Iowa. ||The storms produced three tornadoes in Des Moines County (west of Mediapolis, IA and south of Oakville, IA) between 7:50 pm and 8:30 pm.||Two tornadoes south of Oakville were rated EF2 and downed numerous trees, severely damaged a house displacing it off its foundation, destroyed outbuildings, and downed power poles.||The tornado west of Mediapolis remained in an open field with no observable damage to assign a rating.||Another tornado occurred just northeast of Keithsburg in Mercer County Illinois. This tornado was rated EF1.

A 30 knot low level jet impinging on a slow moving warm front triggered scattered thunderstorms during the early morning hours of July 1, 2012. The storms were confined to extreme northeast Missouri, southeast Iowa and western Illinois. A few of the storms produced 60 mph winds which knocked down trees and limbs. Law enforcement reported a tree fell on a house along with power lines down near Leando, Iowa in Van Buren county. There were also a couple of quarter size hail reports from trained spotters. Some of the storms dumped heavy rainfall of over 3 inches in Van Buren county in southeast Iowa.

A disturbance moving eastward out of Kansas brought strong to severe thunderstorms to most of Eastern Iowa, Northeast Missouri, and Northwest Illinois during the afternoon and early evening hours of June 16. Thunderstorm winds brought down trees and power and phone lines in Jefferson County with widespread heavy rain south of Interstate 80. High temperatures ranged from 81 degrees at Independence, IA to 92 degrees in Macomb, IL.

An isolated thunderstorm knocked down a tree in Burlington, IA during the evening of April 23. The tree fell onto some power lines resulting in a power outage to most of the downtown area.

A strong winter storm with an associated trop fold produced sustained winds of 26-33 knots (30-38 mph) with numerous gusts of 44-48 knots (51-55 mph) during the afternoon hours across eastern Iowa and the northern half of Illinois. The variability of the measured gusts can be attributed to differential heating during the afternoon hours. In Lee County Iowa, numerous tree limbs were downed across the county. A power pole was downed in West Point with a large tree down in Fort Madison. In southern Des Moines County about one half mile north of the Lee/Des Moines County line, the top of a 40 foot cedar tree was broken off at a residence along U.S. 61. The tree just missed hitting the residence.

A nearly stationary front, combined with abundant moisture and a strong upper level storm system to produce scattered strong to severe thunderstorms Wednesday evening. A few reports of hail to near quarter size and wind gusts of around 60 mph were received. Damage was confined mainly to trees and power lines. The thunderstorms also spawned two F0 tornadoes, one east of Washington and the other near Keota. The tornadoes were short lived and produced no damage or injuries. The thunderstorms continued through the late evening and into Thursday morning. During this time the threat shifted from hail, high wind and isolated tornadoes to very heavy rain and flash flooding, as the thunderstorms continuously developed over some of the same areas. Rainfall amounts of up to 3 to 4 inches were reported in portions of Southeast Iowa, an area which just 48 hours earlier received anywhere from 2 to 5 inches of rain. As a result, much of the heavy rain went into runoff resulting in fairly widespread flash flooding.