Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 20, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -92.080
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 20, 1992
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Keokuk
- When
- April 20, 4:45 PM PST
- Where
- Keokuk County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -92.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Des Moines
- When
- April 20, 7:45 PM PST
- Where
- Des Moines County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -91.150
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 20, 1992
- Tornadoes in Wisconsin, April 20, 1992
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, April 20, 1992
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 20, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 20, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 20, 1992
More
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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: 10025778, 10025779, 10025780.