Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- August 15, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County, Middletown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 40.923, -91.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 15, 1995
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $105,000
- Crop damage
- $7,000
- Events
- 2
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- August 15, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County, Burlington
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 40.923, -91.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 15, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 15, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 15, 1995
- Hail in Kansas, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 15, 1995
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 15, 1995
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, August 1995
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: 10321709, 10321710.