Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 28, 1:10 AM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -94.820
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1974
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- 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
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Emmet
- When
- May 28, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -94.880
Hail, Emmet
- When
- May 28, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -94.720
Hail, Emmet
- When
- May 28, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -94.520
Hail, Worth
- When
- May 28, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -93.300
Hail, Kossuth
- When
- May 28, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -94.420
Tornado, Worth
- When
- May 28, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 3.8 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- May 28, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -94.280
Hail, Butler
- When
- May 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -92.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- May 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -92.800
Hail, Black Hawk
- When
- May 28, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -92.350
Hail, Black Hawk
- When
- May 28, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -92.270
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 28, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- May 28, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -92.030
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
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: 10015606, 10015607, 10015608, 10015609, 10015610, 10015611, 10015612, 10015613, 10015614, 10015615, 10015616, 10015617, 10015618, 10015619.