Power Outage in Charles City, IA

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.

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

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.

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

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

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down south of Charles City making some roads impassable.

Lots of trees and power lines were blown down across the western sections of Floyd County.

Power lines were blown down in Rudd and other portions of western Floyd County.

Northwest winds of 20 to 35 mph with gusts of 40 to 50 mph produced a period of blizzard conditions across Floyd County. Whiteout conditions occurred during the blizzard and the blowing snow caused severe drifting to occur that closed several roads. Power outages occurred as the heavy, wet snow and the high winds combined to bring down power lines and tree branches. Most of the schools in the county were either closed or delayed the start of classes on both the 20th and 21st. The highest reported snowfall amount was 6 inches near Nora Springs and the highest recorded wind speed was 56 mph from the automated weather observing equipment at the Charles City airport.

A tree and power lines were knocked down from a lightning strike.

A wind gust of 59 mph was measured in Nora Springs which blew down numerous trees and power lines with one tree landing on a garage.

North winds between 25 and 35 mph with higher gusts, created a period of blizzard conditions across Floyd County during the morning and afternoon of the 20th. As a result of the blizzard, roads were closed, vehicles became trapped in the snow, some power outages occurred and all schools in the county were closed.

Estimated wind gusts of 60 miles per hour created sporadic power outages across Floyd County.

Power outages in the city of Charles City affected 1400 customers. At the Charles City Airport, a peak wind gust of 54 mph was recorded at 10:35 a.m. CST (11:35 a.m. CDT) on October 27th.

Trees and power lines were down in Charles City.

Two large 100 year old oak trees were knocked down. The trees landed on power lines and blocked a road and driveway.

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).

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).

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.

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).

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.

Northwest winds gusting to an estimated 60 miles per hour, created sporadic power outages across parts of Mitchell and Floyd Counties in northeast Iowa during the daytime hours of January 1st.

Low pressure moved across the northern Great Lakes on October 26, pulling a cold front across northeast Iowa. Strong winds accompanying the front gusted between 45 and 55 mph, although a 63 mph gust was recorded in St. Ansgar (Mitchell County). There were some trees and power lines downed, mostly in locations west of Highway 63.

A cold front triggered scattered thunderstorms on the morning of August 4. A few of the storms produced hail up to the size of nickels and quarters. One storm produced estimated wind gusts between 60 and 65 mph in Charles City, which knocked down trees and power lines.

A cold front moved across northeast Iowa on the morning of August 15, triggering a line of severe thunderstorms. Law enforcement officials, storm spotters and the public reported wind gusts of up to 65 miles per hour, which knocked down trees and power lines.

A cluster of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front, which moved into northeast Iowa during the afternoon of June 7. Most of the storm damage was along and north of a line from Charles City (Floyd County) to Cresco (Howard County). Law enforcement officials, storm spotters and amateur radio operators reported thunderstorms winds of 60 to 70 mph, which knocked down trees and power lines.

Storm spotters reported wind gusts of 65 mph in Charles City (Floyd County), which downed trees and power lines.