Detailed KMZ files for many of the tracks can be downloaded and viewed in There were nine tornadoes during September, but these remained in rural locations producing only minor to no damage. Here's a guide to the percentage of power outages in each county. This included three tornadoes in the morning on the 20th associated with a line of thunderstorms.
A history of twisters: Tornadoes in Iowa since 1950 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. These tornadoes remained in rural areas producing little damage despite remaining on the ground for several minutes each. Please select one of the following:***ALL DATA ON THIS PAGE IS PRELIMINARY AND MAY CHANGE AT ANY TIME***This page will be updated as time and resources allow and may not contain information from recent eventsAbove is a map of the tornadoes that occurred across Iowa in 2019. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location. Please try another search.Multiple locations were found.
The other tornado that night was an EF1 outside of Anita.
Two days later on May 24th, a pair of tornadoes occurred in the Iowa City area producing minor damage but fortunately no injuries or deaths.
History of Tornadoes in Iowa Given the recent E, F 5 tornado that ravaged the town of Parkersburg, IA, I thought it would be fitting to provide you all with the history of tornadoes in Iowa. Des Moines sits at the centre of Iowa, and sees more tornadoes … Florida is in a scramble to re-energize the state as quickly as possible.
According to records, the largest tornado in the Iowa City area was an F4 in 1984 that caused 64 injuries and 3 deaths. The strongest of these was an EF3 southeast of Indianola doing considerable damage to the Operators Union training facility, fortunately no injuries occurred. Two days later on May 24th, a pair of tornadoes occurred in the Iowa City area producing minor damage but fortunately no injuries or deaths. We had around 250 guests and everyone was on the dance floor. *** Enhanced Fujita Scale describes the strength of the tornado based on the amount and type of damage caused by the tornado. This tornado produced extensive damage to a home killing a 74 year old woman and injuring her husband. The other three tornadoes occurred in Des Moines county including two EF2 tornadoes southwest of Oakville. The finale to this active period in late May came on the 29th when 15 relatively weak tornadoes occurred in central and eastern Iowa. Three tornadoes occurred in July and all were very short in length and remained in open cropland.
Click on each county to see the details. The final tornado of the month was a weak tornado in northwest Iowa near Terril. This interactive map, which contains data from January 1950 to April 30, 2020, pinpoints where a cyclone touched down and traces its path of destruction. The Pork Tornadoes were everything we were hoping for in a wedding band. The other tornado that night was an EF1 outside of Anita. Band had … After a very slow start to the 2019 tornado season in Iowa with no tornadoes through May 21st, the season kicked into high gear almost overnight. Then on Memorial Day, six tornadoes occurred with two in northern Iowa and the other three in the far southeast. The season started with overnight tornadoes on May 22nd including two in southwest Iowa. In total, 54 tornadoes occurred in 2019 across Iowa with one fatality and two injuries. The F-scale of damage will vary in the destruction area; therefore, the highest value of the F-scale is recorded for each event. While most of the tornadoes remained in open farmland, a few of them did produce damage in Hardin and Poweshiek county including one injury near Deep River.
In 2018, Des Moines and surrounding Polk County suffered a rough tornado season, battered by storms. The first tornadoes in June occurred on the 9th with three landspouts in eastern Iowa.
This storm tracker contains data from 1851.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been tracking tornadoes for decades. There was an uptick in activity during the month of August with six tornadoes reported. Mouse over each icon to view more information on that tornado, which will appear in the box to the right. Sorry, the location you searched for was not found.
A tornado warning was last issued in the city in October, even though tornado season is usually at its worst in late spring.