Lightning, Linn
- When
- July 27, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, Cedar Rapids
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.079, -91.599 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Man injured seriously when lightning struck a nearby tree.
Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 27, 1997
Scattered thunderstorms produced a few severe wind gusts.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced a few severe wind gusts.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 27, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Davenport
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -90.580
Large tree limb crashed down onto a mobile home.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- July 27, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Keokuk
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -91.380
Trees down in town.
What these are
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Heat in Pennsylvania, July 27 to 28, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, July 27, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in West Virginia, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 27, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 1997
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: 5601597, 5601598, 5601599.