Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- April 14, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -95.600
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 14, 1976
15 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
15 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 14, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -95.330
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 14, 7:37 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -93.470
Hail, Story
- When
- April 14, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -93.320
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- April 14, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -94.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Dallas
- When
- April 14, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -94.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- April 14, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -93.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- April 14, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -93.050
Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 14, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -92.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- April 14, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 14, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- April 14, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -95.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Guthrie
- When
- April 14, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Guthrie County
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -94.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Audubon
- When
- April 14, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Audubon County
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -94.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- April 14, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -92.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw
- When
- April 14, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -92.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- April 14, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- April 14, 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -90.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- April 14, 11:36 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -90.720
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 Kansas, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 14, 1976
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: 10014875, 10014876, 10014877, 10014878, 10014879, 10014880, 10014881, 10014882, 10014883, 10014884, 10014885, 10014886, 10014887, 10014888, 10014889, 10014890, 10014891, 10014892, 10014893.