Event narrative (NOAA)
This is a continuation of a 5 to 7 mile wide damage path that a bow-echo thunderstorm caused across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. In Pottawattamie county Iowa it was estimated by a NWS storm survey that winds reached 70 to 90 mph in an area from Council Bluffs to southwest of Treynor and north of Mineola. There was a concentration of tree damage across this area, which also caused house and vehicle damage. Two adults were killed and one young female adult was injured in Council Bluffs when a tree crushed the parked car they were sitting in. Two Semis were blown off the Interstate near Council Bluffs and grain storage units near Treynor sustained serious damage. In Council Bluffs damage was also noted at the City's Recreation Center, the Public Library, the traffic building and a
Other notable thunderstorm wind events in Iowa
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.