Tornado, Wayne
- When
- April 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -93.520
Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 29, 1970
2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Union
- When
- April 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -94.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- April 29, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -93.000
Hail, Wapello
- When
- April 29, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Wapello County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -92.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Van Buren
- When
- April 29, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -92.000
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 Hail in Oklahoma, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, April 29, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, April 29, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 29, 1970
- Tornado in Wisconsin, April 29, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 29, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 29, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 29, 1970
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1970Every state in 1970This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1970
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: 10014617, 10014618, 10014619, 10014620, 10014621.