Iowa, 1981Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 21, 1981
June 21, 1981 · NWS NG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- June 21, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -95.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Alto
- When
- June 21, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -94.700
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 21, 19811 death · 12 injured · $5.0 million · F3 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 21, 19811 death · 6 injured · $251,000 · F2 · 11 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 21, 1981$1.1 million · F2 · 12 events
- Tornado and Hail in West Virginia, June 21, 1981$250,000 · F2 · 8 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 21, 19813 injured · $1.0 million · F1 · 14 events
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1981$250,000 · F1 · 8 events
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 21, 1981$278,000 · F1 · 4 events
- Tornado in New Jersey, June 21, 1981$250,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornadoes in Pennsylvania, June 21, 1981$75,000 · F1 · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 21, 198160 kt wind · 21 events
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 21, 1981F0 · 13 events
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1981F0 · 3 events
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: 10011803, 10011804.