Thunderstorm Wind, Black Hawk
- When
- May 14, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -92.450
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 14, 1985
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Henry
- When
- May 14, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Henry County
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 14, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -91.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Iowa
- When
- May 14, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa County
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -92.000
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- May 14, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -90.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- May 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -90.370
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.
- 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 Illinois, May 14, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 14, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 14, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 14, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, May 14, 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: 10014800, 10015014, 10015015, 10015016, 10015017, 10015018.