Thunderstorm Wind, Emmet
- When
- June 28, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -94.850
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 28, 1978
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- June 28, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Coordinates
- 43.220, -94.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- June 28, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -93.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- June 28, 2:43 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.180
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 28, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 0.87 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -93.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Story
- When
- June 28, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -93.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hardin
- When
- June 28, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -92.450
Hail, Carroll
- When
- June 28, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -94.680
Hail, Warren
- When
- June 28, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -93.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- June 28, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -91.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- June 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- June 28, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 78 kt (90 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Louisa
- When
- June 28, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Louisa County
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -91.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- June 28, 6:44 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -91.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- June 28, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -91.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Warren
- When
- June 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -93.570
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 10012725, 10012726, 10012727, 10012728, 10012729, 10013585, 10013586, 10013587, 10013588, 10013589, 10013590, 10013591, 10013805, 10013806, 10013807, 10013808.