Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- April 22, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -93.950
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 22, 1989
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- April 22, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -94.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- April 22, 8:38 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -94.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Hancock
- When
- April 22, 8:55 AM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -93.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Alto
- When
- April 22, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -94.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- April 22, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -94.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Humboldt
- When
- April 22, 9:20 AM CST
- Where
- Humboldt County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -93.980
Tornado, Humboldt
- When
- April 22, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Humboldt County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -94.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- April 22, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -93.920
Tornado, Webster
- When
- April 22, 10:20 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -94.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- April 22, 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -93.770
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1989Warnings in Iowa, April 1989
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10025538, 10025539, 10025540, 10025541, 10026398, 10026611, 10026612, 10026613, 10026614, 10026615, 10026616.