Hail, Jasper
- When
- June 16, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -93.050
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 16, 1985
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 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
- None recorded
- 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
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pottawattamie
- When
- June 16, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -95.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- June 16, 5:32 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -95.120
Hail, Cass
- When
- June 16, 6:42 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -94.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- June 16, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -94.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 16, 7:17 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -94.720
Tornado, Union
- When
- June 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -94.470
Hail, Adams
- When
- June 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -94.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- June 16, 8:21 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -94.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Ringgold
- When
- June 16, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Ringgold County
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -94.250
Hail, Union
- When
- June 16, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -94.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Ringgold
- When
- June 16, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Ringgold County
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -94.230
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 16, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 16, 1985
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 16, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, June 16, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 16, 1985
- Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 16, 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 16, 1985
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: 10015066, 10015067, 10015068, 10015069, 10015070, 10015071, 10015072, 10015073, 10015074, 10015075, 10015076, 10015077.