Tornado, Webster
- When
- April 30, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.8 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -94.030
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 30, 1967
13 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $12 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
13 tornado, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Emmet
- When
- April 30, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 8.2 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -94.680
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 30, 4:06 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -93.580
Tornado, Palo Alto
- When
- April 30, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 14 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -94.670
Hail, Emmet
- When
- April 30, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -94.500
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- April 30, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.220, -93.800
Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 30, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -93.180
Tornado, Emmet
- When
- April 30, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Emmet County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -94.680
Hail, Kossuth
- When
- April 30, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- April 30, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -94.180
Tornado, Cerro Gordo
- When
- April 30, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 7.7 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -93.420
Tornado, Lee
- When
- April 30, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -91.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- April 30, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -91.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- April 30, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -93.400
Tornado, Worth
- When
- April 30, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 13.3 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -93.170
Tornado, Worth
- When
- April 30, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 17.2 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.330, -93.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Cerro Gordo
- When
- April 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cerro Gordo County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -93.280
Tornado, Worth
- When
- April 30, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Worth County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -93.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Delaware
- When
- April 30, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Delaware County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -91.580
Tornado, Buchanan
- When
- April 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buchanan County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -92.050
Tornado, Poweshiek
- When
- April 30, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -92.550
Tornado, Dubuque
- When
- April 30, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -90.900
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 Minnesota, April 30, 1967
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 30, 1967
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 30, 1967
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 30, 1967
- Hail in Oklahoma, April 30, 1967
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 30, 1967
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, April 30, 1967
- Hail in Missouri, April 30, 1967
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: 10013100, 10013101, 10013102, 10013103, 10013104, 10013105, 10013106, 10013107, 10013108, 10013109, 10013110, 10013111, 10013112, 10013113, 10013114, 10013115, 10013116, 10013117, 10013118, 10013119, 10013120, 10013121.