Thunderstorm Wind, Muscatine
- When
- May 14, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Muscatine County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -91.050
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 14, 1991
16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 23
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
16 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lucas
- When
- May 14, 7:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -93.470
Hail, Marshall
- When
- May 14, 8:53 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -93.200
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 14, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -93.320
Hail, Marshall
- When
- May 14, 9:38 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -92.880
Hail, Grundy
- When
- May 14, 9:38 AM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -92.880
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 14, 9:50 AM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -93.320
Hail, Grundy
- When
- May 14, 10:12 AM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -92.770
Hail, Appanoose
- When
- May 14, 10:27 AM CST
- Where
- Appanoose County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -92.970
Hail, Black Hawk
- When
- May 14, 10:56 AM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -92.350
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 14, 11:38 AM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -92.200
Hail, Black Hawk
- When
- May 14, 11:40 AM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -92.270
Hail, Buchanan
- When
- May 14, 12:06 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -91.830
Hail, Benton
- When
- May 14, 12:13 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -92.030
Tornado, Delaware
- When
- May 14, 12:31 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -91.480
Tornado, Delaware
- When
- May 14, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 17 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -91.450
Tornado, Linn
- When
- May 14, 12:58 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -91.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscatine
- When
- May 14, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Muscatine County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscatine
- When
- May 14, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Muscatine County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -91.050
Hail, Wright
- When
- May 14, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -93.620
Hail, Warren
- When
- May 14, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -93.600
Hail, Polk
- When
- May 14, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -93.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- May 14, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -93.620
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 14, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 14, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 14, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Oklahoma, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1991
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 14, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 14, 1991
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Kentucky, May 14, 1991
- Hail in Wyoming, May 14, 1991
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: 10027500, 10027501, 10027502, 10027503, 10027504, 10027505, 10027506, 10027507, 10027508, 10027509, 10027510, 10027511, 10027512, 10027513, 10027514, 10027515, 10027516, 10027517, 10027518, 10027519, 10027520, 10027521, 10027522.