Hail, Cherokee
- When
- August 22, 12:02 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -95.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, August 22, 1988
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- August 22, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -95.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Plymouth
- When
- August 22, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -96.170
Hail, Greene
- When
- August 22, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Greene County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -94.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Crawford
- When
- August 22, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -95.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Ida
- When
- August 22, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Ida County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -95.470
Tornado, Webster
- When
- August 22, 2:40 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.180
Tornado, Mills
- When
- August 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mills County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -95.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Pottawattamie
- When
- August 22, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -95.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery
- When
- August 22, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Montgomery County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- August 22, 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -95.150
Tornado, Adams
- When
- August 22, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -94.830
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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 22, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 22, 1988
- Hail in South Dakota, August 22, 1988
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: 10025505, 10025506, 10025507, 10025508, 10025509, 10025510, 10025511, 10025512, 10025513, 10025514, 10025515, 10025516.