High Wind, Emmet
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Emmet forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 43.378, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 1997
5 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kossuth
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.204, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Palo Alto
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.082, -94.678 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pocahontas
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.734, -94.679 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Humboldt
- When
- January 15, 6:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Humboldt forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.777, -94.207 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 15 to 18, 1997
- Blizzard in North Dakota, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Cold in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Winter Storm in Illinois, January 15 to 17, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, January 15 to 16, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Mississippi, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, January 15, 1997
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5585583, 5585584, 5585585, 5585586, 5585587.