Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- June 13, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -96.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 13, 1983
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Palo Alto
- When
- June 13, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -94.920
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -95.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- June 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -95.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- June 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -95.150
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -95.630
Tornado, Dickinson
- When
- June 13, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -95.130
Tornado, Emmet
- When
- June 13, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -94.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- June 13, 5:59 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -94.880
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 13, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 13, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 13, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, June 13, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 13, 1983
- Tornado in Colorado, June 13, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 13, 1983
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1983
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: 10015260, 10015261, 10015262, 10015263, 10015264, 10015265, 10015266, 10015267, 10015268.