Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 18, 1995

Name: Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 18, 1995
Start: 1995-04-18T07:40
End: 1995-04-18T09:37
Location: Iowa

April 18, 1995 · 25 events in 8 counties and zones

25 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 25 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 2
Property damage: $585,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 25

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.

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Event by event

25 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: April 18, 7:40 AM CST
Where: Benton County, Vinton
Coordinates: 42.080, -92.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Benton

When: April 18, 7:40 AM CST
Where: Benton County, Mount to Auburn
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Coordinates: 42.080, -92.066 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Cedar County, Stanwood
Coordinates: 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Cedar County, Stanwood
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Cedar County, Clarence
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $55,000
Coordinates: 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Cedar County, Clarence
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Injuries: 1 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Cedar County, Wilton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $40,000
Coordinates: 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Cedar County, Tipton
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 41.772, -91.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Muscatine

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Muscatine County, Muscatine
Property damage: $3,000
Coordinates: 41.484, -91.113 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: April 18, 8:15 AM CST
Where: Jones County, Wyoming
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 42.121, -91.131 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: April 18, 8:25 AM CST
Where: Scott County, Maysville
Coordinates: 41.637, -90.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: April 18, 8:26 AM CST
Where: Scott County, Davenport
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $20,000
Coordinates: 41.637, -90.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: April 18, 8:26 AM CST
Where: Scott County, Davenport Airport
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 41.637, -90.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Scott

When: April 18, 8:30 AM CST
Where: Scott County, Mayville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $40,000
Coordinates: 41.637, -90.623 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: April 18, 8:30 AM CST
Where: Jones County, Wyoming
Coordinates: 42.121, -91.131 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: April 18, 8:45 AM CST
Where: Clinton County, Delmar
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 41.898, -90.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: April 18, 8:48 AM CST
Where: Clinton County, Goose Lake
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $30,000
Coordinates: 41.898, -90.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: April 18, 8:50 AM CST
Where: Clinton County, Clinton
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.898, -90.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: April 18, 8:50 AM CST
Where: Clinton County, Clinton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage: $60,000
Coordinates: 41.898, -90.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: April 18, 8:50 AM CST
Where: Clinton County, Delmar
Coordinates: 41.898, -90.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton

When: April 18, 8:50 AM CST
Where: Clinton County, Goose Lake
Coordinates: 41.898, -90.532 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque

When: April 18, 8:54 AM CST
Where: Dubuque County, Dubuque Airport
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Coordinates: 42.469, -90.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque

When: April 18, 8:54 AM CST
Where: Dubuque County, Dubuque Airport
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 42.469, -90.882 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 18, 9:35 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Maquoketa
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 42.172, -90.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson

When: April 18, 9:37 AM CST
Where: Jackson County, Maquoketa
Measured: 70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Coordinates: 42.172, -90.574 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

As the storm mentioned above tracked across the state, a dry slot moved out just ahead of it. Thunderstorms fired along and just ahead of the dry slot. The winds aloft were quite strong at the time as were the gradient winds. As a result, the thunderstorms became severe in terms of high winds. A downbust wind caused damage on a farmstead in Benton County for the first report of the morning. There was one sighting of a funnel cloud in Muscatine County. Several tractor-semitrailer trucks were overturned in Cedar County as the gusty winds blew them off the roads. One driver received minor injuries as he was pinned inside his truck west of Clarence. The storms and gusty winds continued to track northeast. A roof was removed off a business in Stanwood, impaling boards into the ground. Another roof was taken off by high winds at Mayville. There were several reports of barns being blown down by the wind gusts. Several trees were down, as were power lines as well throughout east-central Iowa. A significant amount of damage was reported in Maquoketa by high winds. There were reports of several buildings sustaining structural damage caused by the winds. The event was a short event as the storms tracked rapidly northeast into Illinois and Wisconsin.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 10322132, 10322133, 10321445, 10321446, 10321447, 10321448, 10321449, 10321450, 10324020, 10324332, 10324051, 10324052, 10324098, 10324099, 10324333, 10321572, 10321573, 10321574, 10321575, 10321576, 10321577, 10321762, 10321763, 10324318, 10324319.