Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- August 24, 2:32 AM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -96.380
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 24, 1975
23 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- 25
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
23 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmet
- When
- August 24, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Worth
- When
- August 24, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -93.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- August 24, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -93.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- August 24, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -93.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- August 24, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -92.300
Hail, Pottawattamie
- When
- August 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawattamie
- When
- August 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -95.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- August 24, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -91.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- August 24, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- August 24, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Audubon
- When
- August 24, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Audubon County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -95.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- August 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -93.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Clayton
- When
- August 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clayton County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -91.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 24, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawattamie
- When
- August 24, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -95.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Audubon
- When
- August 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Audubon County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -94.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Black Hawk
- When
- August 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -92.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- August 24, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -93.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- August 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- August 24, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -91.800
Tornado, Floyd
- When
- August 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -92.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- August 24, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -91.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- August 24, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -91.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 24, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -93.620
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, August 24, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 24, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Virginia, August 24, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 24, 1975
- Hail in North Carolina, August 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 24, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 24, 1975
- Hail in Mississippi, August 24, 1975
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: 10012655, 10012656, 10012657, 10012658, 10012659, 10012660, 10013515, 10013516, 10013517, 10013518, 10013519, 10013734, 10013735, 10013736, 10013737, 10013738, 10013739, 10013740, 10013741, 10013742, 10013743, 10013744, 10013745, 10013746, 10013747.