Thunderstorm Wind, Sac
- When
- August 16, 3:55 AM CST
- Where
- Sac County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -95.300
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 16, 1987
13 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- August 16, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
Hail, Marshall
- When
- August 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -92.830
Hail, Tama
- When
- August 16, 3:07 PM CST
- Where
- Tama County
- Measured
- 3.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -92.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- August 16, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -91.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- August 16, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -91.100
Hail, Jackson
- When
- August 16, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- August 16, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -90.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- August 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -91.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- August 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -90.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- August 16, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- August 16, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -91.600
Hail, Jackson
- When
- August 16, 4:41 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -90.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- August 16, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -91.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- August 16, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -91.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -90.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- August 16, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -90.580
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, August 16, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 16, 1987
- Tornado in Montana, August 16, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 16, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 16, 1987
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: 10028336, 10028337, 10028338, 10028339, 10028340, 10028341, 10028342, 10028343, 10028344, 10028345, 10028346, 10028347, 10028348, 10028349, 10028350, 10028351, 10028352.