Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- July 5, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -91.550
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 1980
4 tornado, 3 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $303,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Henry
- When
- July 5, 12:24 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -91.400
Tornado, Des Moines
- When
- July 5, 12:26 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -91.300
Tornado, Des Moines
- When
- July 5, 12:29 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -91.370
Tornado, Des Moines
- When
- July 5, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -91.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- July 5, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -91.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- July 5, 12:57 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -91.120
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 Hail in Ohio, July 5, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 5, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 5, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 5, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, July 5, 1980
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 5, 1980
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: 10012534, 10012535, 10012536, 10012537, 10012538, 10012539, 10012540.