What It Is
A generic wind-load screening value that translates the likely peak gust into an estimated pressure in pounds per square foot, then compares that value with broad threshold concepts drawn from Dr. Kim Coder's work.
Windward Tree case workspace
Oak limb failure - residential driveway
Geospatial evidence
Site, stations, weather context, and tree inventory
Map data © OpenStreetMap © CARTO
Selected pin
Incident locus
Location
Case site
Latitude / longitude
Pending
Elevation
Pending
Events view
Incident lookback
Historical period
Optional historical review range
Not set
Use an earlier date range to review weather and Storm Events associated with a suspected prior damage or loading episode. The primary incident date remains unchanged.
Review basis
Localized IEM weather
IEM is the Iowa Environmental Mesonet archive. Incident reconstruction includes 5-minute ASOS, routine METAR, and Special/SPECI reports. Report type is preserved for audit and selection.
Advanced retrieval settings
Geocode the site to select nearby IEM ASOS stations across state boundaries, then pull weather around the incident.
Incident weather
Station-backed context around the reported time.
Station comparison No station observations stored
| Station | Role | Distance | Elevation difference | Near-failure wind | Window peak | Window rainfall |
|---|
Station observation auditNo stored observation rows
View station observations
| Valid | Station / elevation | Type | Wind | Gust | Dir | Rain |
|---|
Interpretive tools
Coder threshold
Below T1
Crown reconfiguration
70%
Long-range wind context
10-year local wind rose
Wind rose
Historical Storm Events
Historical Storm Events
Official NOAA/NCEI high-wind and tornado reports preceding the incident.
Window: 2016-05-18 through 2026-05-18, preceding the case date.
NOAA/NCEI event auditNo matched records
View NOAA/NCEI event records
| Date | Type | Speed | Direction | Location | Source |
|---|
Arboricultural assessment
Tree failure and investigation factors
Tree-failure screening
Investigation facts checklist
Reported failure date/time
Use case incident date above
Screening facts are used to guide investigation and are not final causation, liability, legal, or insurance coverage conclusions.
Tree-condition indicators
Select documented or reported indicators.Site-exposure indicators
Select exposure or site-setting indicators.Insurance / legal flags
Select claim, preservation, or dispute flags.Screening summary
Read-only investigation guidance
Screening results classify support level and investigation priority, not final cause of failure.
Screening result
Data-limited screening
Weather data support
Insufficient data
Weather-loading context
No meaningful weather/loading conclusion from available data
Investigation posture
Additional evidence collection recommended
Screening confidence
Low
Arborist review
Arborist input may be helpful
Key reasons
Derived from stored screening facts and available context.Recommended evidence
Procedural evidence prompts only.Limitation
Windward Tree should classify investigation priority and support level, not final cause of failure.
Primary failed tree or part
T-01| Tree | Species | Failure | Defect | Exposure | Finding | Actions |
|---|
Weather tools
Weather tools
Weather source
Manual/sample estimate
Pull localized IEM observations to replace sample values with station-backed wind and rainfall.
Manual weather inputs
Weather data citations