Thunderstorm Wind, Buena Vista
- When
- June 21, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -94.970
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 1975
10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $30
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 21, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -95.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Alto
- When
- June 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -94.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- June 21, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -94.920
Tornado, Palo Alto
- When
- June 21, 12:25 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -94.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- June 21, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmet
- When
- June 21, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Wapello
- When
- June 21, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wapello County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -92.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- June 21, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Audubon
- When
- June 21, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Audubon County
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -95.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- June 21, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -93.480
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.
- 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 Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 21, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 21, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 21, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 21, 1975
- Hail in Colorado, June 21, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 21, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 21, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 21, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 21, 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: 10012609, 10012610, 10012611, 10012612, 10012613, 10012614, 10012615, 10012616, 10012617, 10012618, 10012619.