Tornado, Taylor
- When
- October 14, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -94.580
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, October 14, 1966
11 tornado, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- 6
- Injuries
- 172
- Property damage
- $28 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
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
11 tornado, 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Crawford
- When
- October 14, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -95.180
Tornado, Wright
- When
- October 14, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wright County
- Rating
- F5
- Path length
- 9.7 mi
- Path width
- 1,000 yd
- Deaths
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 172 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -93.650
Tornado, Allamakee
- When
- October 14, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -91.600
Hail, Webster
- When
- October 14, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.180
Tornado, Jasper
- When
- October 14, 2:32 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 29.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -93.100
Tornado, Taylor
- When
- October 14, 2:50 PM CST
- Where
- Taylor County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -94.630
Tornado, Linn
- When
- October 14, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -91.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Appanoose
- When
- October 14, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Appanoose County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -92.680
Tornado, Ringgold
- When
- October 14, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Ringgold County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -94.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Wapello
- When
- October 14, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Wapello County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -92.400
Tornado, Linn
- When
- October 14, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Linn County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -91.670
Tornado, Polk
- When
- October 14, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 13.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -93.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Mahaska
- When
- October 14, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mahaska County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- October 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- October 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -92.180
Hail, Wapello
- When
- October 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wapello County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -92.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Black Hawk
- When
- October 14, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Black Hawk County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -92.400
Tornado, Grundy
- When
- October 14, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.7 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -92.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Bremer
- When
- October 14, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- October 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -95.180
Tornado, Fayette
- When
- October 14, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -91.720
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Missouri, October 14, 1966
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, October 14, 1966
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 14, 1966
- Hail in Michigan, October 14, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Texas, October 14, 1966
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: 10011974, 10011975, 10011976, 10011977, 10011978, 10011979, 10011980, 10011981, 10011982, 10011983, 10011984, 10011985, 10011986, 10011987, 10011988, 10011989, 10011990, 10011991, 10011992, 10011993, 10011994, 10011995.