Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 13, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Alpha
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -92.050
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2000
Estimated wind gusts of 70 mph blew the roof off a dairy facility in Decorah (Winnishiek County), while several trees were also blown down elsewhere across northeast Iowa. A tornado touched down briefly near Fredricksburg (Chickasaw County), destroying an outbuilding and uprooting several large trees.
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
- $69,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Estimated wind gusts of 70 mph blew the roof off a dairy facility in Decorah (Winnishiek County), while several trees were also blown down elsewhere across northeast Iowa. A tornado touched down briefly near Fredricksburg (Chickasaw County), destroying an outbuilding and uprooting several large trees.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:11 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Chickasaw
- When
- June 13, 2:15 PM CST to 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, 1 mi N of Fredricksburg
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.983, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Winneshiek
- When
- June 13, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, Decorah
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -91.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- June 13, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, Postville
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.083, -91.583
Thunderstorm Wind, Clayton
- When
- June 13, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clayton County, 10 mi W of Monona
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -91.600
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.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, June 13 to 14, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, June 13, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 13, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, June 13 to 17, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 13 to 14, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 13 to 14, 2000
- Hail in Florida, June 13, 2000
- Flood in Florida, June 13, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 13, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 2000Warnings in Iowa, June 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: 5151139, 5151143, 5151140, 5151141, 5151142.