Hail, Sioux
- When
- September 5, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -96.500
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, September 5, 1983
10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sioux
- When
- September 5, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -96.120
Hail, Sioux
- When
- September 5, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -96.000
Tornado, Cherokee
- When
- September 5, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- September 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -95.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- September 5, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -96.080
Tornado, Woodbury
- When
- September 5, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 127 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Buena Vista
- When
- September 5, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -94.970
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- September 5, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -95.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Pocahontas
- When
- September 5, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pocahontas County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -94.670
Hail, Humboldt
- When
- September 5, 7:02 PM CST
- Where
- Humboldt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -94.430
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- September 5, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -93.680
Hail, Webster
- When
- September 5, 8:23 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -94.300
Hail, Butler
- When
- September 5, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -92.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- September 5, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -92.470
Hail, Bremer
- When
- September 5, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- September 5, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- September 5, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -91.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- September 5, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- September 5, 11:45 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -90.580
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 5, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 5, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, September 5, 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: 10012969, 10012970, 10012971, 10012972, 10012973, 10012974, 10012975, 10012976, 10012977, 10012978, 10012979, 10012980, 10012981, 10012982, 10012983, 10012984, 10012985, 10012986, 10012987, 10012988.