Hail, Shelby
- When
- July 15, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -95.200
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 15, 1992
10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 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
- $255,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pottawattamie
- When
- July 15, 4:53 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -95.200
Hail, Ringgold
- When
- July 15, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Ringgold County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -94.420
Tornado, Cass
- When
- July 15, 5:41 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -95.030
Hail, Taylor
- When
- July 15, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -94.570
Hail, Adair
- When
- July 15, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -94.680
Tornado, Union
- When
- July 15, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -94.370
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- July 15, 6:43 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -93.820
Hail, Wayne
- When
- July 15, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -93.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 15, 5:45 PM PST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Adair
- When
- July 15, 6:00 PM PST
- Where
- Adair County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -94.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 15, 6:14 PM PST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.180
Tornado, Appanoose
- When
- July 15, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Appanoose County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -92.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 15, 7:30 PM PST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -93.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 15, 7:35 PM PST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -93.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- July 15, 7:38 PM PST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -93.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -93.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- July 15, 8:00 PM PST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -93.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Lucas
- When
- July 15, 8:11 PM PST
- Where
- Lucas County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -93.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Appanoose
- When
- July 15, 8:16 PM PST
- Where
- Appanoose County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -93.000
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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- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 15, 1992
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: 10154559, 10154560, 10154570, 10027543, 10154571, 10154790, 10027545, 10027548, 10154802, 10027544, 10027546, 10027547, 10027556, 10027549, 10027550, 10027551, 10027552, 10027553, 10027554, 10027555.