Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- March 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -94.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 24, 1988
5 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 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
- $5.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Cerro Gordo
- When
- March 24, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -93.380
Hail, Warren
- When
- March 24, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -93.730
Tornado, Floyd
- When
- March 24, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -92.980
Hail, Warren
- When
- March 24, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -93.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Tama
- When
- March 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tama County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -92.680
Tornado, Mitchell
- When
- March 24, 4:22 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -92.570
Hail, Black Hawk
- When
- March 24, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -92.280
Hail, Poweshiek
- When
- March 24, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -92.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Winneshiek
- When
- March 24, 5:03 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -91.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- March 24, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -92.020
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- March 24, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -92.030
Tornado, Winneshiek
- When
- March 24, 5:21 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -92.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Winneshiek
- When
- March 24, 5:49 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -92.030
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, March 24, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, March 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, March 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, March 24, 1988
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, March 24, 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: 10028388, 10028389, 10028390, 10024765, 10024766, 10024767, 10024768, 10024913, 10024914, 10024915, 10024916, 10024917, 10024918, 10024919.