Hail, Van Buren
- When
- August 29, 12:07 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -92.080
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 29, 1990
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Des Moines
- When
- August 29, 12:34 AM CST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -91.120
Hail, Wapello
- When
- August 29, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Wapello County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -92.370
Tornado, Buchanan
- When
- August 29, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- August 29, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.630, -91.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- August 29, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -92.930
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, August 29, 1990
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 29, 1990
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, August 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 29, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 29, 1990
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: 10027418, 10027419, 10027420, 10027421, 10027422, 10027423.