Storms in Iowa in 2000

2,046 events in 320 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2000, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Iowa in 2000 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 2,046
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 35
Damage: $363 million
Episodes: 320

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.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Hail	469	0	0	$8.0 million
Thunderstorm Wind	415	0	1	$1.6 million
Winter Storm	296	0	0	$1.6 million
Heavy Snow	147	0	0	$115,000
Flood	115	2	0	$14 million
Blizzard	101	0	0	$2.5 million
Drought	97	0	0	$311 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	80	1	0
Flash Flood	66	0	1	$8.4 million
Tornado	51	1	26	$14 million
High Wind	50	0	0	$1.1 million
Dense Fog	37	0	0
Ice Storm	33	0	0	$553,000
Lightning	25	1	0	$337,000
Cold/Wind Chill	21	0	0
Funnel Cloud	14	0	0
Winter Weather	12	0	0
Heat	11	0	0
Heavy Rain	5	0	0
Strong Wind	1	0	7	$5,000

Every episode, month by month

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November 2000

December 2000

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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.