Iowa, 1970Tornado in Iowa, June 20, 1970
June 20, 1970 · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Tornado, Poweshiek
- When
- June 20, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Poweshiek County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -92.330
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 20, 19702 injured · $25,000 · F2 · 11 events
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 20, 1970F1 · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, June 20, 1970F0 · 7 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 20, 19702.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 19701.75 in hail · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 20, 197060 kt wind · 4 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 19702 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 20, 197070 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in Georgia, June 20, 19702.75 in hail · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 20, 19701 event
- Hail in Florida, June 20, 19700.75 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in New Mexico, June 20, 19701.75 in hail · 1 event
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: 10011266.