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Charles City Power Outages Caused by Weather

Events

December 15, 2021 - Tornado

This tornado formed just north of Marble Rock and moved rapidly to the northeast before dissipating west of Charles City. An NWS survey team determined this tornado to have an EF1 rating. The tornado caused damage to homes, farm buildings and metal grain bins along with taking down power poles, power lines and trees.

Marble Rock - Floyd Crossing
August 24, 2021 - Thunderstorm Wind

Trees were blown over west of Charles City that also caused power lines to go down.

Roseville - Roseville
June 9, 2018 - Thunderstorm Wind

An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred just south of Charles City. A section of the Avenue of Saints was closed to allow utility crews to repair power lines.

Charles City - Charles City
June 9, 2018 - Thunderstorm Wind

The power was out in Charles City from downed power lines.

Waller - Waller
June 2, 2018 - Thunderstorm Wind

Trees were blown down, a street signal broken, and tree limbs went down on power lines in Charles City.

Waller - Waller

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August 28, 2018

A complex of thunderstorms moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the morning of August 28th. These storms dropped hail from Floyd County east into Clayton County. The largest hail size reported was two inches in diameter in St. Lucas (Fayette County). The storms also produced some wind damage with trees blown down in Charles City (Floyd County) and power lines downed in Nashua (Chickasaw County).

June 2, 2018

A decaying line of thunderstorms produced some damaging wind gusts across portions of northeast Iowa during the morning of June 2nd. Trees and power lines were blown down near Osage (Mitchell County), Cresco (Howard County) and Charles City (Floyd County).

May 16, 2017

For the second day in a row, severe thunderstorms moved across portions of northeast Iowa during the evening of May 16th. These storms mainly produced some sporadic wind damage across portions of Floyd, Mitchell and Chickasaw Counties. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down near Marble Rock (Floyd County) with other trees downed between Osage and Mitchell (Mitchell County) and in Alta Vista (Chickasaw County). South of Osage, a lightning strike started a fire that completely destroyed a large building.

February 20, 2014

Northeast Iowa was hit by the second blizzard of the winter on February 20th and 21st as an area of low pressure tracked from southern Kansas to Lake Superior. This storm system produced 6 to 8 inches of heavy, wet snow that was then blown around by winds gusting as high as 50 mph. The blowing snow created by the winds, caused whiteout conditions, produced severe drifting that closed numerous roads, knocked out the power to thousands of customers from downed power lines and blew down tree branches. Almost all the schools across northeast Iowa were either closed or utilized a delayed start both ahead of the storm on the 20th and after the storm on the 21st. The highest reported snowfall amount was 7.8 inches in St. Ansgar (Mitchell County) and the highest recorded wind speed during the blizzard was 56 mph by the automated weather observing equipment at the Charles City airport (Floyd County).

May 2, 2013

A narrow but intense band of snow set up across portions of northeast Iowa during the evening hours of May 1st and continued into the 2nd. While most of northeast Iowa ended up receiving some snow from this system, a band of 10 inches or more occurred across portions of Floyd and Mitchell Counties. New Iowa state snowfall records for the month of May were established with a two day total of 13.0 inches on May 2nd and 3rd in Osage (Mitchell County). This also established a new record for the amount of snow to fall during the entire month of May. Other notable snowfall totals were 10 inches in Charles City (Floyd County). The heavy wet snow caused power outages with 5000 customers across northern Iowa losing power.

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Charles City Public Library goes fine free; Event & activity schedules and more – KCHA News

Kamryn with the Charles City Public Library called into the morning show to talk about a number of different library related items like being fine fre

Aug 15, 2022

Sussex County and Morris County power outage after I-80 accident

80,000 customers were knocked out before crews started re-routing power to substations in Morris and Sussex counties.

Aug 9, 2022

Six Flags Great Adventure closed during power outage

Hurricane Harbor and Wild Safari are operating as scheduled, according to a Six Flags spokeswoman.

Jul 22, 2022

CFU warns of possible, but unlikely, 'rolling' summer outages due to 'shrinking energy capacity'

“We hope we don’t have to go down this path, but we think that it’s better for us to be prepared and to make our customers aware of the situation.”

Jun 12, 2022

Thousands of Austin residents experience power outage during spring heat wave | Fox Business

Thousands of Austin residents were left without power for several hours over the weekend during a mid-spring heat wave in the latest sign that the Texas' capital is struggling to keep up with surging population growth.

May 9, 2022

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Power Outage FAQs

What is Power Outage?

Power outage (also called a power cut, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.

What Causes Power Outages?

  • Severe weather (high winds, lightning, winter storms, heat waves, rain or flooding can cause damage to power lines or equipment);
  • Other damage to electric transmission lines (vehicle accidents, trees, and animals can cause damage to power lines or equipment);
  • Repairing, maintenance or upgrades on power lines and equipment.

What are the Top Outage Safety Tips?

  • Stay away from the downed power lines, park vehicles in protected areas;
  • Unplug appliances and electronics, limit cell phone use to conserve battery life;
  • Use portable generators outdoors only, well away from open windows and doors;
  • Pack perishable foods into a cooler, keep refrigerator and freezer doors shut as much as possible.

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Charles City, Iowa

City Charles City
County Floyd
State Iowa (IA)
Country United States
Zip Codes 50616

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