Tornado, Kossuth
- When
- August 3, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Kossuth County, Bancroft
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -94.220
Tornado in Iowa, August 3, 1998
An upper level low pressure system was located over Iowa. The low was actually a warm core low and took on tropical characteristics.
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
- 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.
An upper level low pressure system was located over Iowa. The low was actually a warm core low and took on tropical characteristics. Thunderstorms developed during the late afternoon and continued into the evening hours. There was little in the way of severe weather with most reports indicating gusty winds and heavy rainfall. One small tornado touched down in Kossuth County at Bancroft. There was no damage as it touched down in a field and was only on the ground for a short time.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:09 UTC.
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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- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Kansas, August 3 to 27, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 3, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Kansas, August 3 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Texas, August 3 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 3, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 3, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1998Warnings in Iowa, August 1998
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: 5657399.