Tornado, Des Moines
- When
- June 29, 10:58 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 13 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Injuries
- 27 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -91.120
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1983
7 tornado, 5 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
- 27
- Property damage
- $3.5 million
- 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
7 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- June 29, 11:12 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -91.080
Tornado, Henry
- When
- June 29, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -91.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Keokuk
- When
- June 29, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Keokuk County
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -92.330
Tornado, Johnson
- When
- June 29, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 19 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -91.670
Tornado, Linn
- When
- June 29, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -91.680
Tornado, Tama
- When
- June 29, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tama County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -92.330
Tornado, Tama
- When
- June 29, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Tama County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -92.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Tama
- When
- June 29, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tama County
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -92.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- June 29, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -91.580
Tornado, Chickasaw
- When
- June 29, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 7 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -92.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- June 29, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -91.580
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.
- 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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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: 10015278, 10015279, 10015280, 10015281, 10015282, 10015283, 10015284, 10015285, 10015286, 10015287, 10015288, 10015289.