Iowa, 1985Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 19, 1985
April 19, 1985 · NWS AT · 19 events in 17 counties and zones
18 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- April 19, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -96.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- April 19, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -96.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- April 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -96.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- April 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -96.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawattamie
- When
- April 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -95.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- April 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -95.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Sioux
- When
- April 19, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -96.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- April 19, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -96.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Clayton
- When
- April 19, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clayton County
- Coordinates
- 43.050, -91.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- April 19, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -95.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 19, 7:54 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon County
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -96.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Shelby
- When
- April 19, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -95.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Ida
- When
- April 19, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ida County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -95.530
Hail, Mills
- When
- April 19, 8:18 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -95.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Buena Vista
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Coordinates
- 42.900, -94.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- April 19, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -95.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmet
- When
- April 19, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -94.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Dickinson
- When
- April 19, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dickinson County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -95.200
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 19, 1985$2.5 million · F1 · 30 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 19, 19851 injured · $28,000 · F1 · 37 events
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 19, 198552 kt wind · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 19851.25 in hail · 6 events
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1985F0 · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, April 19, 198560 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 19, 19851 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 19, 19851 event
- Hail in Texas, April 19, 19851.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 10018204, 10018205, 10018206, 10018207, 10018208, 10018209, 10018210, 10018211, 10018212, 10018213, 10018214, 10018215, 10018216, 10018217, 10018218, 10018219, 10018220, 10018221, 10018222.