High Wind, Floyd
- When
- April 5, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.060, -92.789 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Iowa, April 5, 2000
Northwest winds gusted between 55 and 60 mph as a cold front passed through northeast Iowa.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Northwest winds gusted between 55 and 60 mph as a cold front passed through northeast Iowa.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Mitchell
- When
- April 5, 4:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.356, -92.789 (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
- High Wind in North Dakota, April 5, 2000
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 5, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, April 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Missouri, April 5 to 6, 2000
- High Wind in Iowa, April 5, 2000
- High Wind in Montana, April 5, 2000
- High Wind in North Dakota, April 5, 2000
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Florida, April 5, 2000
- Strong Wind in Virginia, April 5, 2000
- Wildfire in Wisconsin, April 5 to 6, 2000
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 5 to 6, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, April 2000
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: 5140095, 5140096.