Tornado, Linn
- When
- May 8, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, 2 mi E of Center Pt
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -91.750
Brief tornado damaged shingles on farm buildings.
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 8 to 15, 1998
2 tornado, 2 hail, 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
- $500
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:40 UTC.
Event by event
2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Linn
- When
- May 8, 6:01 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County, Toddville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -91.720
A brief tornado touchdown left no apparent damage.
Hail, Keokuk
- When
- May 15, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Keokuk County, Hayesville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -92.250
Hail, Keokuk
- When
- May 15, 3:41 PM CST to 3:47 PM CST
- Where
- Keokuk County, Sigourney to 2 mi of Sigourney
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -92.230
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 8, 1998
- Strong Wind in Kansas, May 8, 1998
- Heavy Snow and Hail in Utah, May 8, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 8, 1998
- Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 8 to 16, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, May 8, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Virginia, May 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, May 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1998Warnings in Iowa, May 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: 5662216, 5662217, 5662830, 5662831.