Thunderstorm Wind — Winnebago, Iowa

2024-06-17 · near Thompson, Winnebago, Iowa

Event narrative

Wind gust report via a personal weather station.

Wider weather episode

A boundary, with favorable instability along with lift occurring as the nose of the low level jet move into the region, resulted in a line of showers and storms to develop as this boundary travelled across northern Iowa during the early morning hours of June 17th. This line of storms produced a few severe wind gusts across the far northern part of the state with values between around 60-70 mph, which also resulted in tree damage in Kossuth county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1190309. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.