Iowa

Storms in Iowa in 2007

2,337 events in 267 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Iowa in 2007, 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 2007 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
2,337
Deaths
5
Injuries
23
Damage
$135 million
Episodes
267

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Thunderstorm Wind58500$1.2 million
Hail42804$3.7 million
Winter Weather25800
Flash Flood22311$23 million
Winter Storm19133$18 million
Flood17400$11 million
Ice Storm12812$15 million
Heavy Snow8302
Blizzard6201$3.2 million
Tornado5107$60 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2500
Heavy Rain2300
Lightning2201$390,000
Frost/Freeze2100
Dense Fog2102
Cold/Wind Chill2000
High Wind1100
Funnel Cloud1000
Strong Wind100$1,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.