Tornado, Madison
- When
- April 2, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -94.170
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1982
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Adair
- When
- April 2, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -94.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- April 2, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -94.880
Hail, Humboldt
- When
- April 2, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Humboldt County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -94.220
Hail, Wayne
- When
- April 2, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -93.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Calhoun
- When
- April 2, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -94.630
Hail, Kossuth
- When
- April 2, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -94.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Palo Alto
- When
- April 2, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -94.770
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 2, 1982
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, April 2, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, April 2, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, April 2, 1982
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: 10012924, 10012925, 10012926, 10012927, 10012928, 10012929, 10012930, 10012931.