Tornado, Fayette
- When
- June 16, 5:21 PM CST to 5:26 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Oelwein to 6 mi W of Arlington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -91.900
Tornado in Iowa, June 16, 1996
Thunderstorms continued to develop and resulted in a small tornado over Fayette County. The tornado did not do much damage as it was only on the ground intermittently and was over open farmland.
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
- None recorded
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms continued to develop and resulted in a small tornado over Fayette County. The tornado did not do much damage as it was only on the ground intermittently and was over open farmland.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Wisconsin, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 16 to 17, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 1996
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1996Warnings in Iowa, June 1996
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: 5553465.