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Tornado Warnings in Iowa, April 2026

78 tornado warnings in April 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.

Tornado Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in April 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
78
Busiest day
April 17, 202630 tornado warnings

Over time

By day

Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 2:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWayne23 min
Apr 2, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWapello32 min
Apr 2, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJefferson, Keokuk, Washington42 min
Apr 2, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJohnson, Washington49 min
Apr 2, 4:27 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCedar, Johnson, Muscatine48 min
Apr 2, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Scott25 min
Apr 2, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Jackson46 min
Apr 13, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Palo Alto23 min
Apr 13, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Kossuth25 min
Apr 13, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista, Clay32 min
Apr 13, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth, Winnebago12 min
Apr 13, 7:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDMXPalo Alto38 min
Apr 13, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Winnebago28 min
Apr 14, 3:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGrundy, Hardin24 min
Apr 14, 4:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBuchanan42 min
Apr 14, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware58 min
Apr 14, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJefferson, Keokuk, Washington36 min
Apr 14, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones, Linn42 min
Apr 14, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque40 min
Apr 14, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJackson46 min
Apr 14, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa, Washington42 min
Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones33 min
Apr 14, 6:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJackson48 min
Apr 14, 7:05 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNJackson40 min
Apr 15, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne34 min
Apr 15, 8:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNLouisa, Muscatine28 min
Apr 15, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLee47 min
Apr 15, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott17 min
Apr 17, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson45 min
Apr 17, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMitchell40 min
Apr 17, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson49 min
Apr 17, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJackson46 min
Apr 17, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell45 min
Apr 17, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama42 min
Apr 17, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler30 min
Apr 17, 2:44 PM CDTTornado WarningARXHoward31 min
Apr 17, 2:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJackson42 min
Apr 17, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw, Howard41 min
Apr 17, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXLucas, Marion, Monroe11 min
Apr 17, 3:16 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDMXMahaska, Marion, Monroe29 min
Apr 17, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTama29 min
Apr 17, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek39 min
Apr 17, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAllamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek44 min
Apr 17, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Linn43 min
Apr 17, 3:48 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAllamakee42 min
Apr 17, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis, Wapello28 min
Apr 17, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn42 min
Apr 17, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones, Linn38 min
Apr 17, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAllamakee, Clayton19 min
Apr 17, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJefferson, Van Buren48 min
Apr 17, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis, Wapello30 min
Apr 17, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington54 min
Apr 17, 4:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Dubuque, Jackson66 min
Apr 17, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson, Jones62 min
Apr 17, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington52 min
Apr 17, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Scott62 min
Apr 17, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Louisa24 min
Apr 17, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLee43 min
Apr 23, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Monona38 min
Apr 23, 5:00 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDMXAudubon, Carroll27 min
Apr 23, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont41 min
Apr 23, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth22 min
Apr 23, 5:35 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Page40 min
Apr 23, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery, Page40 min
Apr 23, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPage42 min
Apr 23, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams, Taylor42 min
Apr 23, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone, Dallas, Polk, Story45 min
Apr 23, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas, Madison, Warren29 min
Apr 23, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas, Madison24 min
Apr 23, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas, Madison, Polk, Warren51 min
Apr 23, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarshall, Polk, Story32 min
Apr 23, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold45 min
Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDMXJasper, Polk23 min
Apr 23, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne33 min
Apr 23, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDecatur, Lucas, Wayne41 min
Apr 23, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne30 min
Apr 23, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Johnson44 min
Apr 23, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Scott25 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

30 more counties

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Sources

National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.