Hail, Plymouth
- When
- July 24, 5:23 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -96.380
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 24, 1986
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- 16
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Plymouth
- When
- July 24, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -96.380
Hail, Mills
- When
- July 24, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- July 24, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Injuries
- 16 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -96.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- July 24, 6:17 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -96.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- July 24, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -95.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Ida
- When
- July 24, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Ida County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -95.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 24, 7:18 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -95.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherokee
- When
- July 24, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -95.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- July 24, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -96.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Buena Vista
- When
- July 24, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -95.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 24, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -93.620
Hail, Guthrie
- When
- July 24, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Guthrie County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -94.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Black Hawk
- When
- July 24, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -92.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- July 24, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 24, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -92.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- July 24, 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -91.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- July 24, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -91.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- July 24, 10:34 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -91.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- July 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Dubuque
- When
- July 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -91.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- July 24, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -91.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 24, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -90.680
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, July 24, 1986
- Hail in Colorado, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 24, 1986
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: 10015138, 10015139, 10015140, 10015141, 10015142, 10015143, 10015144, 10015145, 10015146, 10015147, 10015148, 10015149, 10015150, 10015151, 10012945, 10014084, 10012946, 10012947, 10013162, 10013163, 10013164, 10013165, 10013166.