Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 15, 12:15 AM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -94.370
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 1982
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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
3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Wayne
- When
- June 15, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -93.220
Tornado, Polk
- When
- June 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -93.620
Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- June 15, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -93.570
What these are
- 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 Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, June 15, 1982
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 15, 1982
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, June 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 15, 1982
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 15, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 15, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 15, 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: 10014050, 10014051, 10014052, 10014053, 10014054.