Hail, Benton
- When
- June 6, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -91.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 6, 1971
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $325,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- June 6, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -91.900
Hail, Scott
- When
- June 6, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawattamie
- When
- June 6, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Ringgold
- When
- June 6, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ringgold County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- June 6, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 6, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -95.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- June 6, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -95.280
Tornado, Carroll
- When
- June 6, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -95.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- June 6, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -94.400
Tornado, Woodbury
- When
- June 6, 9:22 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -96.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- June 6, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Story
- When
- June 6, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -93.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- June 6, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- June 6, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -94.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Poweshiek
- When
- June 6, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -92.680
Tornado, Poweshiek
- When
- June 6, 11:16 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 10.1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -92.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Wapello
- When
- June 6, 11:33 PM CST
- Where
- Wapello County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -92.400
Tornado, Greene
- When
- June 6, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- June 6, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- June 6, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- June 6, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -92.780
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 6, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 6, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 6, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 6, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 6, 1971
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: 10012410, 10012411, 10012412, 10012413, 10012414, 10012415, 10012416, 10012417, 10012418, 10012419, 10012420, 10012421, 10012422, 10012423, 10012424, 10012425, 10012426, 10012427, 10012428, 10012429, 10012430, 10012431.