Thunderstorm Wind, Wright
- When
- July 3, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -93.600
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 3, 1983
18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
18 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- July 3, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -93.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- July 3, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -93.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- July 3, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- July 3, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- July 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Floyd
- When
- July 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -92.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- July 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -92.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- July 3, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -92.550
Tornado, Union
- When
- July 3, 5:02 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -94.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- July 3, 5:22 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -92.530
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- July 3, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -91.930
Hail, Polk
- When
- July 3, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.730, -93.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 3, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.730, -93.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- July 3, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- July 3, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -91.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- July 3, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -91.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- July 3, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- July 3, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -90.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 3, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 3, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -90.520
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 3, 1983
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: 10011835, 10011836, 10011837, 10011838, 10011839, 10011840, 10011841, 10011842, 10011843, 10011844, 10011845, 10011846, 10011847, 10011848, 10011849, 10011850, 10011851, 10011852, 10011853, 10011854, 10011855.