Power Outage in Ottumwa, IA

Thunderstorm Wind. Public reported large branches and limbs down and power out for a bit. Time estimated from radar.

June 29, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Trained spotter reported estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts, and part of a tree down on a power line on the south side of Ottumwa.

June 29, 2023

Thunderstorm Wind. Trained spotter reported a large tree limb down and a power line down near the tree limb.

July 20, 2019

An amplified upper level trough, cut off at times, swept through Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. The attendant surface low also swept through Kansas and Missouri on a similar path, well south of Iowa. The surface low was tightly wound, slowly deepening from about 998mb to 994mb as it traveled south of the state. Precipitation associated with the warm advection wing and wrap around areas initially saw rainfall during the evening and overnight hours of the 24th into the 25th before transitioning over to snow as colder air filtered in. An extremely tight precipitation/snowfall gradient set up roughly along Interstate 80 and south as precipitation processes battled a cold, dry air intrusion from the north. As a result, gradients in the snowfall were so tight that some areas that received 6 to 8 inches of snowfall or more were only a dozen or so miles south of areas that received as little as an inch or less. Throughout the day, the heaviest banded snowfall remained situated over southern Iowa, resulting in numerous reported snowfall amounts in excess of a foot and as high as 16 to 17 inches. While the snow tended to be on the heavy and wet side, strong winds on the backside of the low, gusting in excess of 40 mph regularly, helped degrade conditions and keep visibilities well below a quarter to half mile throughout much of the mid to late morning and afternoon. ||As one might imagine, numerous travel issues were reported in the heaviest hit areas, including dozens of vehicles in ditches along Interstate 35 south of Des Moines, and temporary closures of the interstate due to disabled vehicles on the roadway. Fortunately, reported power issues were generally intermittent, and tree damage was not substantial.

November 25, 2018

Thunderstorm Wind. Public reported, via the mPING app, 3 inch tree limbs and power poles broken.

August 28, 2018

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@millermeeks - August 15, 2020 15:43

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