Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- April 5, 3:30 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County, Plainfield
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -92.530
Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 5, 1997
The seasons first severe weather outbreak occurred on the afternoon of the 5th as an intensifying storm system approached the state from the southwest. A warm front was stretched across the state and the thunderstorms that developed during the early afternoon occurred in the vicinity of the warm front.
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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
The seasons first severe weather outbreak occurred on the afternoon of the 5th as an intensifying storm system approached the state from the southwest. A warm front was stretched across the state and the thunderstorms that developed during the early afternoon occurred in the vicinity of the warm front. The main feature with these storms was high winds with gusts to around 75 MPH in some locations. There were numerous reports of trees and power lines downed by high winds. Significant is the fact that the trees had not yet leafed out yet. The winds took the roof off of an elementary school in Bloomfield as one of the stronger storms moved through. In Plainfield, high winds removed the roofs from two buildings there. There was one report of a funnel cloud in Mahaska County, south of Oskaloosa. The funnel never did touchdown however.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Blizzard in North Dakota, April 5 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in South Dakota, April 5 to 6, 1997
- Blizzard in Minnesota, April 5 to 6, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 5 to 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, April 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 5, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 5 to 8, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 5 to 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, April 5, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 5, 1997
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, April 5, 1997
- Blizzard in Nebraska, April 5 to 6, 1997
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, April 1997
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: 5596161.