Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 12, 1967

Name: Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 12, 1967
Start: 1967-06-12T18:15
End: 1967-06-12T19:10
Location: Iowa

June 12, 1967 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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

1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Appanoose

When: June 12, 6:15 PM CST
Where: Appanoose County
Rating: F1
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 42.900, -92.780

Thunderstorm Wind, Wapello

When: June 12, 7:10 PM CST
Where: Wapello County
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph)
Coordinates: 41.000, -92.400

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.
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

Every storm in Iowa in 1967 Every state in 1967 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Iowa, 1967

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: 10013148, 10013149.