National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Figure 1.  Peak Wind Speeds at ASOS and AWOS Sites October 26, 2008

...MAXIMUM WIND SPEEDS FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE BELOW TABLE CONTAINS MAXIMUM SUSTAINED AND GUST SPEEDS THAT
WERE OBSERVED SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 

...EASTERN IOWA...

CITY             SUSTAINED SPEED      GUST SPEED
DUBUQUE              31 MPH           53 MPH AT  148 PM
CEDAR RAPIDS         38 MPH           52 MPH AT  115 PM
VINTON               38 MPH           53 MPH AT 1235 PM
IOWA CITY            38 MPH           58 MPH AT 1255 PM 
MUSCATINE            41 MPH           54 MPH AT  135 PM
CLINTON              41 MPH           59 MPH AT  115 PM
DAVENPORT            36 MPH           58 MPH AT  144 PM
BURLINGTON           28 MPH           47 MPH AT  332 PM

...NORTHWEST AND WESTERN ILLINOIS...

CITY             SUSTAINED SPEED      GUST SPEED
MOLINE               36 MPH           56 MPH AT  225 PM
FREEPORT             32 MPH           49 MPH AT  205 PM
SAVANNA              32 MPH           46 MPH AT  305 PM
STERLING             40 MPH           49 MPH AT  315 PM
PERU                 37 MPH           48 MPH AT  305 PM
MACOMB               39 MPH           53 MPH AT  421 PM