Hail, Story
- When
- June 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -93.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 29, 1969
5 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- $575,000
- 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
5 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -93.900
Tornado, Boone
- When
- June 29, 4:47 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -93.880
Tornado, Story
- When
- June 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Story
- When
- June 29, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -93.500
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 29, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -93.680
Hail, Clayton
- When
- June 29, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clayton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -91.180
Tornado, Poweshiek
- When
- June 29, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -92.600
Tornado, Poweshiek
- When
- June 29, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.730, -92.430
Tornado, Dubuque
- When
- June 29, 7:12 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- June 29, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -91.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Poweshiek
- When
- June 29, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Keokuk
- When
- June 29, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Keokuk County
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -92.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- June 29, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -91.280
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 29, 1969
- Tornadoes in Missouri, June 29, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 29, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 29, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 29, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 29, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 29, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 29, 1969
- Tornado in Alabama, June 29, 1969
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: 10013455, 10013456, 10013457, 10013458, 10013459, 10013460, 10013461, 10013462, 10013463, 10013464, 10013465, 10013466, 10013467, 10013468.