Thunderstorm Wind, Iowa
- When
- May 30, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -92.000
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1987
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Scott
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -90.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Monona
- When
- May 30, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Monona County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -96.100
Hail, Mills
- When
- May 30, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -95.720
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.
- 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
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 30, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 30, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 30, 1987
- Tornado in Washington, May 30, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 30, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 30, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 30, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, May 30, 1987
- Hail in Tennessee, May 30, 1987
- Hail in Arkansas, May 30, 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: 10012025, 10012026, 10012027, 10012028.