Hail, Cherokee
- When
- June 24, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -95.430
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 24, 1987
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 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
- $250
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buena Vista
- When
- June 24, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.670, -95.300
Hail, Buena Vista
- When
- June 24, 3:08 PM CST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -95.180
Hail, Harrison
- When
- June 24, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -95.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- June 24, 5:37 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -96.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Woodbury
- When
- June 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -96.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Sioux
- When
- June 24, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sioux County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -96.180
Hail, Pottawattamie
- When
- June 24, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -95.400
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- June 24, 6:58 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -95.630
Hail, Mills
- When
- June 24, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -95.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- June 24, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -94.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Mills
- When
- June 24, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -95.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Page
- When
- June 24, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Page County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -95.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Page
- When
- June 24, 7:47 PM CST
- Where
- Page County
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -95.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 24, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -94.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Taylor
- When
- June 24, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -94.720
Tornado, Union
- When
- June 24, 8:44 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -94.350
Hail, Union
- When
- June 24, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -94.370
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 24, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 24, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 24, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in New Mexico, June 24, 1987
- Hail in Texas, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 24, 1987
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 24, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, June 24, 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: 10012069, 10012070, 10012071, 10012072, 10012073, 10012074, 10012075, 10012076, 10012077, 10012078, 10012079, 10012080, 10012081, 10012082, 10012083, 10012084, 10012085, 10015221.