Funnel Cloud, Lee
- When
- April 7, 3:29 PM CST to 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Argyle
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.642, -91.479 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 7, 1998
Strong thunderstorms in northeastern MO moved into Lee County Iowa during the late afternoon. 75 inch hail.
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
- 0
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Strong thunderstorms in northeastern MO moved into Lee County Iowa during the late afternoon. Numerous reports of funnel clouds were reported along with three brief tornadoes and 1 to 1.75 inch hail. Damage was minimal across the county and there were no reports of injuries. One tornado caused minor roof damage to a home in New Boston.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
Event by event
3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lee
- When
- April 7, 3:36 PM CST to 3:38 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Argyle to Summitville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -91.550
Tornado, Lee
- When
- April 7, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, 6 mi N of Montrose
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.620, -91.420
Tornado, Lee
- When
- April 7, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Ft Madison
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -91.320
Tornado, Lee
- When
- April 7, 4:02 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, New Boston
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.570, -91.500
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
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- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, April 7 to 12, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Indiana, April 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, April 7, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, April 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, April 7, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, April 7, 1998
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1998Warnings in Iowa, April 1998
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: 5662155, 5662152, 5662151, 5662153, 5662154.