Tornado, Franklin
- When
- July 13, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -93.130
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 13, 1992
13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $5.3 million
- 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, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jones
- When
- July 13, 2:42 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -91.130
Tornado, Jones
- When
- July 13, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 5.7 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -91.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- July 13, 1:10 PM PST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -91.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- July 13, 1:46 PM PST
- Where
- Benton County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Buena Vista
- When
- July 13, 2:00 PM PST
- Where
- Buena Vista County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -95.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- July 13, 2:03 PM PST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -94.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Linn
- When
- July 13, 2:05 PM PST
- Where
- Linn County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -91.650
Hail, Scott
- When
- July 13, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -90.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Iowa
- When
- July 13, 3:00 PM PST
- Where
- Iowa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -92.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 13, 3:08 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -90.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Cedar
- When
- July 13, 3:15 PM PST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -91.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 13, 3:19 PM PST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 96 kt (110 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -90.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Clinton
- When
- July 13, 3:20 PM PST
- Where
- Clinton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -90.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Muscatine
- When
- July 13, 4:10 PM PST
- Where
- Muscatine County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -91.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Scott
- When
- July 13, 4:40 PM PST
- Where
- Scott County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -90.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Louisa
- When
- July 13, 4:40 PM PST
- Where
- Louisa County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -91.470
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Linn | 1992-07-13 | Direct |
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 13, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 13, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 13, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, July 13, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 13, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 13, 1992
- Hail in Texas, July 13, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 13, 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: 10026964, 10027324, 10027534, 10026963, 10027320, 10027321, 10027322, 10027323, 10156738, 10027535, 10027536, 10027537, 10027538, 10027539, 10027540, 10027541, 10027542.