Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 12, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -95.800
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 1981
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buena Vista
- When
- June 12, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -95.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- June 12, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -96.170
Hail, Pocahontas
- When
- June 12, 2:17 PM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -94.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Pocahontas
- When
- June 12, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -94.850
Tornado, Humboldt
- When
- June 12, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Humboldt County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -94.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- June 12, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -93.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- June 12, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -92.500
Hail, Butler
- When
- June 12, 5:39 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -92.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- June 12, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -92.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- June 12, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -92.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 12, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
What these are
- 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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1981
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: 10011774, 10011775, 10011776, 10011777, 10011778, 10011779, 10011780, 10011781, 10011782, 10011783, 10011784, 10011785.