What a day of weather for the Quad Cities. The day started with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s with gusty southerly winds. This all ahead of a cold front, and coupled with plenty of energy from the jet stream we were in a perfect set-up for a severe weather outbreak. Here are some local storm reports:
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| Some storm reports on 11/17 |
Muscatine saw the largest hail in the area, the size of golf balls (1.75"). The airport in Sterling had a measured wind gust of 70mph! Several other reports of 60mph+ winds and pea to quarter size hail were reported across the area.
The main area of devastating severe weather was southeast of the Quad Cities where you see the red triangles. Those indicate where a tornado was reported, and there were a couple very strong, and unfortunately deadly tornadoes. One of which hit the town of Washington, IL. Here is a picture from Alexandra Sutten from our sister station WMDB 31 in Peoria. This was the scene shortly after the tornado.
As we head into the next couple days we will have a better idea of just how many tornadoes occurred, and we'll learn how strong they were as National Weather Service storm surveyors venture out and assess the damage.
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