Tornado, Woodbury
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -96.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 22, 1975
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $26,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
4 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Woodbury
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -96.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -96.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -96.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Sioux
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -96.000
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- May 22, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -95.200
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- May 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -94.950
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- May 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -95.250
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 22, 1975
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 22, 1975
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 22, 1975
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 22, 1975
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 22, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, May 22, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 22, 1975
- Hail in North Carolina, May 22, 1975
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1975
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, May 22, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 22, 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: 10011489, 10011490, 10011491, 10011492, 10011493, 10011494, 10011495, 10011496.