Tornado, Winnebago
- When
- August 28, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -93.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 28, 1979
6 tornado, 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 14
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
6 tornado, 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Mills
- When
- August 28, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.6 mi
- Path width
- 533 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -95.770
Hail, Winnebago
- When
- August 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -93.650
Tornado, Fremont
- When
- August 28, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Fremont County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 19.9 mi
- Path width
- 533 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 14 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -95.670
Tornado, Cerro Gordo
- When
- August 28, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -93.000
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- August 28, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -93.650
Hail, Cerro Gordo
- When
- August 28, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -93.380
Tornado, Page
- When
- August 28, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Page County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12.8 mi
- Path width
- 533 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -95.370
Tornado, Story
- When
- August 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Story County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -93.570
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- August 28, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- August 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -91.450
Hail, Fayette
- When
- August 28, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- August 28, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- August 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -91.900
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 Kansas, August 28, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 28, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 28, 1979
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, August 28, 1979
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, August 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 28, 1979
- Hail in North Dakota, August 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 28, 1979
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: 10013911, 10013912, 10013913, 10013914, 10013915, 10013916, 10013917, 10013918, 10013919, 10013920, 10013921, 10013922, 10013923, 10013924.