Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Alto
- When
- July 22, 1:48 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -94.920
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 22, 1991
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cedar
- When
- July 22, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- July 22, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- July 22, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -91.080
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
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 22, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Oregon, July 22, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 22, 1991
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1991Every state in 1991This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1991Warnings in Iowa, July 1991
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: 10026409, 10026410, 10026411, 10026412.