Funnel Cloud in Iowa

Events

753

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

None recorded

• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 25, 20089 deaths · 70 injured · $102 million · EF5 · 115 eventsA very intense upper low was located over the southwest U.S. and lifted northeast during the weekend of the 24th into the morning of the 26th.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 5, 20227 deaths · 6 injured · $223 million · EF4 · 36 eventsOn March 5, 2022 a total of 15 tornadoes occurred across the state of Iowa as a warm front lifted across the area. Supercells initially developed across southwest Iowa in the vicinity of the triple point of the surface low with strong, rotating updrafts.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 19, 201836 injured · $320 million · EF3 · 39 eventsA setup for some rotating storms was in place over much of central and southern Iowa. A low pressure system situated northwest of the state slid to the northeast throughout the day, eventually moving into western and central Minnesota.
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 19981 death · 34 injured · $69 million · 107 kt wind · 26 eventsSupercell thunderstorms developed over Central Iowa and rapidly intensified into a long squall line which raced southeast over Eastern Iowa into Central Illinois.
• Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 25, 201013 injured · $3.5 million · EF4 · 13 eventsThunderstorms produced tornadoes, one that caused considerable damage and at least two injuries along a 14 mile path, along with damaging winds, in northwest Iowa during the evening of June 25th.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 7 to 11, 20082 deaths · $4.5 million · EF1 · 126 eventsLow pressure developed over Kansas with a strong southerly flow of very moist air streaming into Iowa ahead of it. Surface temperatures warmed into the 80s with dew point readings in the low to mid 70s.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 10 to 12, 20101 death · 4 injured · $52 million · EF0 · 64 eventsOnce again the atmosphere over Iowa became very unstable during the peak heating of the day. CAPE rose to 3500-4500 J/kg by the mid to late afternoon with lifted indices of -8 to -10 C.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 14 to 15, 2021$3.9 million · EF3 · 48 eventsA surface low pressure system was centered over Kansas and Nebraska with attendant warm front draped across north central Iowa. This was bisected by an outflow boundary from morning convection across western Iowa.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2013$2.0 million · EF3 · 53 eventsLow pressure moved northeast out of north central Kansas into central Iowa by mid day on the 12th, then into northern Illinois by evening. A strong push of very warm and humid air pushed into the state south of the warm front extending east from the low.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 29 to 30, 200811 injured · $3.0 million · EF2 · 70 eventsA very unstable airmass moved into Iowa during the day on the 29th as a warm front lifted north into the state during the afternoon.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 17, 20171 death · 1 injured · $901,000 · 1 in hail · 102 eventsAfter a cold front stalled out across northwest Iowa the previous night, much of Iowa was firmly within the warm sector of an approaching surface low. As a result, winds were strong out of the south, helping keep dew points in the mid to upper 60s.
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 26 to 27, 20131 death · $2.3 million · EF0 · 32 eventsThe continued series of thunderstorms moved across Iowa during the afternoon of the 26th and through the overnight hours of the 26th into the 27th. A stationary front remained in place from central Nebraska into northern Missouri.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, August 31, 20141 injured · $2.1 million · EF1 · 144 eventsAn unstable airmass was in place across Iowa with afternoon highs reaching well into the 80s, and dewpoint readings in the low to mid 70s. CAPE rose to 2000 to 3000 J/kg.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 23 to 25, 2015$4.7 million · 3.5 in hail · 156 eventsA slowly northward moving boundary/warm front was draped across the area throughout the day. By the evening vigorous storms fired up just north of the boundary and continued as the low level jet began to pick up. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds were reported.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Iowa, June 1, 2010$4.8 million · EF2 · 56 eventsA cold front moved into Iowa from the northwest, while a warm front pushed into the southwest part of Iowa from the south during the afternoon and evening hours.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 22, 2007$5.1 million · EF2 · 52 eventsA rather complex weather situation unfolded during the day on the 22nd. The situation was complicated by the convection that occurred during the previous night.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, November 11 to 12, 20151 injured · $2.0 million · EF2 · 59 eventsWidespread wind and tornado damage occurred in central Iowa as a result of a low pressure system that raced across the state.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 31, 2023$2.1 million · EF2 · 64 eventsAn intense storm system tracked across the state of Iowa on Friday, March 31st. This system pulled unseasonably warm and moist conditions into the Midwest, which coupled with a very favorable wind profile and created quite the volatile environment for severe thunderstorms.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 20242 injured · $3.9 million · EF2 · 30 eventsMultiple rounds of storms moved across the area on April 26th. The first round was fueled by broad thermal lift and passed across Iowa through the morning with a few of these storms producing small hail but all remained sub severe.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, March 22, 2011$1.3 million · EF2 · 64 eventsLow pressure formed to the west of Iowa and during the morning it was located over central Nebraska with a warm front extending east-southeast across southern Iowa. The low advanced east during the day as the warm front moved little.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, May 20 to 22, 2024$1.1 million · 2 in hail · 156 eventsPLEASE NOTE, for tornadoes, please see separate Storm Data entry for May 21st. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms brought torrential rainfall, damaging winds, hail and destructive tornadoes to the state.
• Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 27, 201411 injured · $656,000 · EF1 · 28 eventsA strong upper low moved into the central United States. Surface low pressure was located over northwest Kansas into southwest Nebraska during the late afternoon. A warm front extended from the low across northern Missouri into southern Illinois.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 6, 20106 injured · $5.3 million · 3.5 in hail · 46 eventsThe frontal boundary from the previous night lifted north as a warm front as low pressure over Kansas pushed northeast into Iowa. The low eventually tracked from southwest Iowa in the afternoon to east central Iowa by early evening.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 22, 20113 injured · $790,000 · EF2 · 8 eventsDuring the afternoon of May 22nd, severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front as it moved through northeast Iowa. These severe thunderstorms produced three confirmed tornadoes. The first tornado occurred in Howard County and was rated an EF2.
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 13, 20061 injured · $1.2 million · 2.75 in hail · 107 eventsAn upper level disturbance combined with a strong low level jet of 30 to 40 knots initiated thunderstorms in a semi-moist atmosphere across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois.

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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.