Tornado, Chickasaw
- When
- July 5, 12:39 PM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, New Hampton to Lawler
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -92.330
The cold front from the system that affected Iowa the previous day had not yet moved through the state. The air mass remained fairly unstable overnight, and with surface heating became more unstable. Once the cap broke a line of thunderstorms formed over the central sections around mid day. The storms moved east during the afternoon. A storm formed ahead of the main line over Chickasaw County. This storm became severe as it produced a tornado. The tornado touched down south of New Hampton where it destroyed one farm building and damaged a few others on one farmstead. Several trees were also taken down. The tornado tracked across fields to the southeast of New Hampton and did not directly effect another farmstead. The tornado dissipated south of Lawler.