Sunday's Storm Aftermath

Here is an update on Storm Reports from across the QCA. There are a two reports of wind damage around Rock Island and a wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at Moline. Another wind gust of 64 mph was recorded at Park View, IA. There are also reports of wind damage in Clinton, IA and Wheatland, IA along with wind damage reports South and East of the Quad Cities.



The storm not only produced strong winds, but also large amounts of rain. In the QCA we had over a half inch of rain. Muscatine and Fairfield received over two inches of rain while Clinton, IA had close to four inches.




The storm that moved through is what meteorologists refer to as a derecho. A derecho is a fast-moving wind storm that occurs with strong to severe thunderstorms. They are most known for strong, damaging straight-line winds that can occur over a hundred miles from North to South and East to West.