Hail, Poweshiek
- When
- May 7, 1:48 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -92.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1962
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $775,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- May 7, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- May 7, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -90.580
Hail, Webster
- When
- May 7, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -94.280
Hail,
- When
- May 7, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -91.080
Tornado, Story
- When
- May 7, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Jasper
- When
- May 7, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -93.080
Tornado, Boone
- When
- May 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 880 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -93.900
Hail, Boone
- When
- May 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -93.680
Tornado, Scott
- When
- May 7, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -90.720
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 7, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -93.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- May 7, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -94.000
Hail, Davis
- When
- May 7, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davis County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -92.180
Tornado, Union
- When
- May 7, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -94.370
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10012131, 10012132, 10012133, 10012134, 10012135, 10012136, 10012137, 10012138, 10012139, 10012140, 10012141, 10012142, 10012143, 10012144.