High Wind in Iowa, January 22, 2005

Name: High Wind in Iowa, January 22, 2005
Start: 2005-01-22T00:00
End: 2005-01-22T12:00
Location: Iowa

January 22, 2005 · NWS FSD · 10 events in 10 counties and zones

High winds, with sustained speeds of 40 mph for several hours, caused minor damage to trees, roofs, and road signs. A gust to 66 mph was recorded at Sioux City Airport.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 10 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: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 10

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, with sustained speeds of 40 mph for several hours, caused minor damage to trees, roofs, and road signs. A gust to 66 mph was recorded at Sioux City Airport.

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 Jan 21, 8:50 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 8:50 PM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
850 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2005

.DISCUSSION...
WINDS HAVE PICKED UP QUICKER THAN FCST AND HAVE UPDATED TO MOVE UP
HIGH WND WARNING AND ADVYS. STG WNDS CAUSING BLOWING SNOW IN MML
AREA...BUT BORDERLINE FOR BLIZZARD WARNING AS IT WL ONLY LAST A
SHORT TIME AS BAND OF SNOW AHEAD OF FNT MOVG ACRS SW MN FOLLOWED BY
JUST A FEW FLURRIES. CLEARING WL ALSO SPREAD ACRS CWA OVERNIGHT AND
IS MOVING INTO WRN CWA QUICKER THAN PREV FCST.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...WIND ADVY UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR SDZ038>040-050-052>068
     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR SDZ069>071
NE...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR NEZ014-014
MN...WIND ADVY UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR MNZ097-098
     HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR MNZ071-071-080-089
     HIGH WIND WARNING 10 PM TONIGHT TO NOON SATURDAY FOR
     MNZ081-090
IA...HIGH WIND WARNING UNTIL NOON SATURDAY FOR IAZ012-020-031
     HIGH WIND WARNING FROM 10 PM TONIGHT TO NOON SATURDAY FOR
     IAZ002-003-013-014-021-022-032

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 5:24 PM CST, 6 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
524 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2005

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
524 PM CST FRI JAN 21 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIND...
STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

The radar

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

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Event by event

10 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Clay

When: January 22, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.083, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Dickinson

When: January 22, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Dickinson forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.378, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Osceola

When: January 22, 12:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Osceola forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.379, -95.624 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Buena Vista

When: January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Buena Vista forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.736, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cherokee

When: January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Cherokee forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.736, -95.624 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ida

When: January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Ida forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.387, -95.513 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, O'Brien

When: January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: O'Brien forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.084, -95.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Woodbury

When: January 22, 1:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Woodbury forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.390, -96.045 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Plymouth

When: January 22, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Plymouth forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 42.738, -96.214 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sioux

When: January 22, 2:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Sioux forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) estimated sustained
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.083, -96.178 (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 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, January 2005

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: 5434791, 5434792, 5434795, 5434789, 5434790, 5434793, 5434794, 5434798, 5434796, 5434797.