Thunderstorm Wind — Webster, Iowa

2025-09-22 · near Burnside, Webster, Iowa

Event narrative

A trained spotter reported damage to corn and soybean fields and tree losing big branches near Dolliver Park and Lehigh. Time estimated by radar.

Wider weather episode

Storms developed in late afternoon along a boundary across northern Iowa, then sunk south through the evening. Storms were able to organize into a more cohesive line with 2000+ J/kg of MLCAPE and around 30 kts of shear. Storms initially resulted in a number of quarter sized hail reports, then transitions to wind damage as the cold pool surged south ahead of the line through the evening.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1297891. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.