Iowa, 2001

Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 2001

July 7, 2001 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 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 Jul 7, 2:20 AM CST, 6 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 2:20 AM CST, 6 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
320 AM CDT SAT JUL 7 2001

GOOD E/W BOUNDARY ALG MISSOURI VALLEY EARLY THIS MRNG...AND MAY
ACT AS FOCAL POINT FOR EWD MOVG TSTMS NR NEB/SD BORDER...SO WILL
HIT POPS FAIRLY HARD DOWN THERE THIS MRNG. LEFTOVER ACTIVITY PSBL
FURTHER N AND E BORDERING THIS AREA IN MARGINAL DYNAMIC AREA AND
WILL HAVE TO COVER WITH 20 PCTS. MODELS NOT REALLY THAT HELPFUL WITH
WEAK FORCING CONVECTION...BUT ETA RELATIVELY CLOSEST TO REALITY.
OTRW PREV FCST IN THE BALLPARK...AND WL KEEP 20 TO 30 PCT IN SRN HLF
CWA TNGT NR BOUNDARY...AND SHADE UP HIGHS SOME DUE TO GOOD MIXING.

.FSD...NONE
RYR0HOLM

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:20 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ida

When
July 7, 8:20 AM CST
Where
Ida County, 7 mi N of Battle Creek
Measured
57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.417, -95.600

Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, blew over power poles, and flattened corn. The amount of property and crop damage was not known.

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.

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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: 5261085.