Thunderstorm Wind in Palo Alto County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind June 18, 2024 · Palo Alto County, Iowa

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A large tree branch down.

The wider storm

A slow moving cold front pushed across Iowa the evening of June 18th, with rain lingering into the early morning of June 19th. Storms initially began as discrete cells in western Iowa, growing upscale by early evening as they moved west. The increasing LLJ was enough to fuel storms into the overnight, and provided a supply of moisture to contribute to severe storm development and heavy rain. While not widespread, the line of storms did produce a few damaging gusts in north central Iowa, along with a swath of two to three plus inches of rain.

Began near West Bend (42.9600, -94.4600).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1190274. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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