Thunderstorm Wind, Kossuth
- When
- April 23, 11:48 AM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -94.220
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 23, 1990
5 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- April 23, 12:29 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -93.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- April 23, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -93.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Winnebago
- When
- April 23, 12:53 PM CST
- Where
- Winnebago County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.480, -93.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- April 23, 4:38 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -95.280
Tornado, Hancock
- When
- April 23, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -93.830
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 23, 1990
- Tornado in Utah, April 23, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 23, 1990
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 23, 1990
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, April 23, 1990
- Hail in Arkansas, April 23, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 23, 1990
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 23, 1990
- Hail in Wisconsin, April 23, 1990
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 23, 1990
- Tornado in California, April 23, 1990
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1990Every state in 1990This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1990Warnings in Iowa, April 1990
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: 10027354, 10027355, 10027356, 10027357, 10027358, 10027359.