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Thunderstorm Wind in Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind April 10, 2001 · Pottawattamie County, Iowa

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

Death

Injury

$20K

Damage as recorded

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Two men working alone atop a new meatpacking building were blown off the 40-foot-high roof by the thunderstorm that rolled through the area and produced the widespread hail reports. The winds were measured at 35 to 40 mph at the Council Bluffs airport and at Omaha Eppley Airfield, but could have been locally stronger. One of the men died later that day as a result of the fall. The sudden wind gust blew a section of roof and the men off the building.

Began near Council Bluffs (41.2667, -95.8667).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5240740. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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