Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, Iowa

2025-06-16 · near Cherokee, Cherokee, Iowa

Event narrative

Thunderstorm wind gusts brought several large limbs down. As a result of limbs coming down on powerlines around Cherokee, up to 1800 electrical customers were without power.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms developed along a stout outflow boundary, which dropped southward into the area through the day. The boundary served as a gradient in shear and instability, and focused initial development during the afternoon hours, which featured hail up to golf ball size. Storms evolved to produce a couple tracks of damaging wind heading southeast across northeast Nebraska and northwest Iowa into very early evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1278375. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.