Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 11, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 11, 2005
Start: 2005-07-11T17:40
End: 2005-07-11T17:40
Location: Iowa

July 11, 2005 · 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 11, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:00 PM CST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
300 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SCT TRW DEVELOPING ACRS CWA WITH SFC HTG. SHEAR IS WEAK AND AS EVE
PROGRESSES WL GET EVEN WEAKER. SO SVR THREAT NOT THAT GREAT.
FREEZING LEVEL ARND 15KFT AND WL BE HARD TO GET ANY LARGE HAIL.
BRIEF HVY RAINS WITH THESE STORMS WL BE THE MAIN THREAT. FNT ASSOCD
WITH S/W WL SAG SEWD ACRS CWA DURING THE NIGHT AND WL CONT CHC OF
TRW ACRS CWA WITH BEST CHC N OF I90 AND ALONG AND E OF I29 AS S/W
LIFTS TO THE NE.

WL KEEP A LINGERING CHC OF TRW OVR ERN CWA MAINLY TUE MORN AS WEAK
FNT MOVES THRU AND THEN FALLS APART WITH NO SUPPORT ALOFT. TEMPS WL
BE A LTL COOLER BEHIND FNT ON TUE.

WEAK FLOW ALOFT WED AND THU AS RIDGE ALOFT REMAINS IN PLACE. TEMPS
WL BE AT OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORM WED AND THU. WEAK FNT TRIES TO MOVE
ACRS CWA ON FRI...BUT MID LEVEL CAPPING IS STG AND WL KEEP FCST DRY
FOR NOW AS NOT WORTH 20%. SLIGHTLY COOLER FRI AND SAT BUT STILL
CLOSE TO NORM.

WARMUP A BIT ON SUN AHEAD OF NEXT FNT AND WL BRING A CHC OF TRW INTO
CWA ON MON WITH FNT.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 10:22 AM CST, 7 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1122 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-121200-
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-
1122 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY
THIS AFTERNOON AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE AREA. BECAUSE THESE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING...LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.
HOWEVER...THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL STALL OVER SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN IOWA EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN A POSSIBILITY OVER THESE AREAS THROUGH
TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  WHILE HEAVY RAIN MAY FALL WITH THIS
ACTIVITY...STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:48 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
448 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0445 PM     HAIL             6 S ALCESTER            42.94N 96.63W
07/11/2005  0.75 INCH        UNION              SD   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZED HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE FALLING.

&&

TRM

Local storm report, Jul 11, 3:55 PM CST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
455 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     HAIL             7 SW ALCESTER           42.95N 96.73W
07/11/2005  1.00 INCH        UNION              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0424 PM     HAIL             8 E DELL RAPIDS         43.82N 96.55W
07/11/2005  1.00 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

TRM

Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:11 PM CST, 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
611 PM CDT MON JUL 11 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0420 PM     HAIL             5 SE TRENT              43.86N 96.59W
07/11/2005  0.88 INCH        MOODY              SD   PUBLIC

0536 PM     HAIL             3 E NEWCASTLE           42.65N 96.82W
07/11/2005  0.88 INCH        DIXON              NE   PUBLIC

0555 PM     HAIL             BALTIC                  43.76N 96.74W
07/11/2005  0.75 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOSTLY PEA SIZED HAIL, BUT SOME PENNY SIZED, ALONG WITH
            GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. WINDS WERE BENDING POPLAR
            TREES, BUT NOT BREAKING THEM.

&&

DPM

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 64 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sioux

When: July 11, 5:40 PM CST
Where: Sioux County, 6 mi NE of Hawarden
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.067, -96.383

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, July 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: 5465304.