Thunderstorm Wind, Buchanan
- When
- May 14, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -92.000
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 14, 1961
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Buchanan
- When
- May 14, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.2 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -92.030
Tornado, Bremer
- When
- May 14, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- May 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -92.080
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 14, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 14, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 14, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, May 14, 1961
- Tornado in Louisiana, May 14, 1961
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 14, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 14, 1961
More
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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: 10015925, 10015926, 10015927, 10015928.