Strong Wind in Adair, Iowa

Strong Wind May 27, 2012 · Adair, Iowa

39 mph

Estimated gust (34 kt)

Death

What the National Weather Service wrote

Winds blew a tree down, killing a 3 year old boy around 1145 CST.

The wider storm

Gusty winds were found across Iowa during the day on the 27th. Though wind gusts were below severe criteria, they were gusty in the 30 to 35 range and had been higher the day before. A 3 year old boy was playing in his back yard in Fontanelle when a tree fell on him during the wind gusts and killed him.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 373389. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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