Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 10, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -95.500
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 10, 1968
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- June 10, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -93.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- June 10, 3:17 AM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -93.280
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 10, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- June 10, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -92.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- June 10, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -91.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- June 10, 7:16 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -91.680
Tornado, Woodbury
- When
- June 10, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -96.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- June 10, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -91.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- June 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- June 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- June 10, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- June 10, 8:13 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -90.680
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 10, 1968
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 10, 1968
- Hail in Texas, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 10, 1968
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, June 10, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 10, 1968
More
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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: 10015153, 10015154, 10015155, 10015368, 10015369, 10015370, 10015371, 10015372, 10015373, 10015374, 10015375, 10015376, 10015377.