High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001

Name: High Wind in Iowa, April 7, 2001
Start: 2001-04-07T03:30
End: 2001-04-07T10:00
Location: Iowa

April 7, 2001 · NWS FSD · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

High winds caused widespread tree, sign, and roof damage. Other damage to structures, such as siding and windows, also occurred.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1.3 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 FSD wrote it up.

High winds caused widespread tree, sign, and roof damage. Other damage to structures, such as siding and windows, also occurred. The Spencer Livestock Sales facility was heavily damaged with fences blown down and the wall of one building blown down, although there were no reports of livestock lost.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 7, 3:00 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:00 AM CST, 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
400 AM CDT SAT APR 7 2001

SEVERE WX GOING ON. NO DISCUSSION.

.FSD...HIGH WIND WARN TODAY SW MN INTO NW IA
       WIND ADVY TODAY REST OF CWA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 10:12 PM CST, 5 hours 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1112 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0921 PM    2 SE CARTHAGE             SD   .88 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   MINER                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0930 PM    10 SW DE SMET             SD   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   KINGSBURY                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Apr 6, 10:23 PM CST, 5 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1123 PM CDT FRI APR 06 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    DIXON                     NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   DIXON                          REPORTED BY FIRE AND
                                          RESCUE.

0532 PM    1 N DIXON                 NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   DIXON                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0540 PM    DIXON                     NE   LIGHTNING
04/06/01   DIXON                          LIGHTNING CAUSED HOUSE
                                          FIRE. REPORTED BY FIRE
                                          AND RESCUE.

0545 PM    5 NE DIXON                NE   1.5 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   DIXON                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0550 PM    MARTINSBURG               NE   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   DIXON                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0550 PM    3 W PONCA                 NE   1.75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   DIXON                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0552 PM    3 S ELK PT                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   UNION                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0630 PM    4 E SIOUX RAPIDS          IA   HEAVY RAIN
04/06/01   BUENA VISTA                    .80 INCHES RAINFALL IN
                                          20 MINUTES. PONDING
                                          WATER IN SOME FIELDS.
                                          REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0921 PM    2 SE CARTHAGE             SD   .88 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   MINER                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0930 PM    10 SW DE SMET             SD   .75 INCH HAIL
04/06/01   KINGSBURY                      REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Plymouth

When: April 7, 3:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Plymouth forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.738, -96.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Woodbury

When: April 7, 3:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Woodbury forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.390, -96.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cherokee

When: April 7, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Cherokee forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.736, -95.624 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ida

When: April 7, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Ida forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.387, -95.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, O'Brien

When: April 7, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: O'Brien forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 43.084, -95.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Osceola

When: April 7, 4:00 AM CST to 9:00 AM CST
Where: Osceola forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 43.379, -95.624 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Buena Vista

When: April 7, 4:30 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Buena Vista forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.736, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Clay

When: April 7, 4:30 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Property damage: $400,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 43.083, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Dickinson

When: April 7, 4:30 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
Where: Dickinson forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph)
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 43.378, -95.151 (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

Every storm in Iowa in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, April 2001

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: 5244440, 5244441, 5244434, 5244437, 5244438, 5244439, 5244433, 5244435, 5244436.