Hail, Madison
- When
- June 7, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -94.020
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 7, 1981
8 hail, 2 tornado, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- 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
8 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Warren
- When
- June 7, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -93.730
Tornado, Clarke
- When
- June 7, 6:18 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -93.780
Hail, Wayne
- When
- June 7, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -93.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Clarke
- When
- June 7, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -93.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- June 7, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -93.450
Hail, Wayne
- When
- June 7, 7:03 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -93.320
Hail, Clarke
- When
- June 7, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -93.780
Hail, Union
- When
- June 7, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -94.200
Hail, Grundy
- When
- June 7, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -92.630
Hail, Tama
- When
- June 7, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Tama County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -92.580
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- June 7, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -93.300
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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
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: 10011762, 10011763, 10011764, 10011765, 10011766, 10011767, 10011768, 10011769, 10011770, 10011771, 10011772, 10011773.