Hail, Monona
- When
- June 14, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -96.100
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 14, 1981
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
- $10 million
- 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
8 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- June 14, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -96.100
Hail, Harrison
- When
- June 14, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -96.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- June 14, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -96.020
Hail, Monona
- When
- June 14, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -95.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- June 14, 3:50 AM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -95.920
Tornado, Osceola
- When
- June 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Osceola County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.3 mi
- Path width
- 1,533 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -95.550
Tornado, Osceola
- When
- June 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Osceola County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.8 mi
- Path width
- 1,533 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -95.550
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- June 14, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -95.380
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- June 14, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -95.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- June 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -94.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- June 14, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -95.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- June 14, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -92.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Black Hawk
- When
- June 14, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -92.350
Tornado, Adams
- When
- June 14, 8:22 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -94.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Grundy
- When
- June 14, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -92.770
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 14, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, June 14, 1981
- Tornadoes in Michigan, June 14, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 14, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Wyoming, June 14, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 14, 1981
- Hail in Kansas, June 14, 1981
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: 10011787, 10011788, 10011789, 10011790, 10011791, 10011792, 10011793, 10011794, 10011795, 10011796, 10011797, 10011798, 10011799, 10011800, 10011801, 10011802.