Tornado, Ida
- When
- July 26, 1:47 PM CST
- Where
- Ida County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 22.5 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -95.600
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 26, 1969
13 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Webster
- When
- July 26, 2:14 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.400
Hail, Webster
- When
- July 26, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 26, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 26, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -94.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 26, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -94.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamilton
- When
- July 26, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -93.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Humboldt
- When
- July 26, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Humboldt County
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -94.400
Tornado, Crawford
- When
- July 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -95.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -93.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- July 26, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -93.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Page
- When
- July 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Page County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -95.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Mahaska
- When
- July 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mahaska County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -92.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Monroe
- When
- July 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -92.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Keokuk
- When
- July 26, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Keokuk County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -92.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- July 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -91.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- July 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -91.180
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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 26, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in New York, July 26, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 26, 1969
- Tornado in Wisconsin, July 26, 1969
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, July 26, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 26, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 26, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 26, 1969
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1969Every state in 1969This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1969
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: 10013501, 10013502, 10013503, 10013504, 10013505, 10013506, 10013507, 10013508, 10013509, 10013510, 10013511, 10013512, 10013513, 10013514, 10014367, 10014368, 10014369.