Storm History: Jones County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jones County, Iowa: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 739
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 6
- Damage
- $105 million
- Episodes
- 503
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 168 | 0 | 6 | $41 million |
| Hail | 162 | 0 | 0 | $941,000 |
| Winter Storm | 67 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 67 | 0 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 60 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Winter Weather | 47 | 1 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Flood | 43 | 0 | 0 | $32 million |
| Heavy Snow | 23 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 16 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Ice Storm | 15 | 0 | 0 | $219,000 |
| Drought | 15 | 0 | 0 | $28 million |
| Dense Fog | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 11 | 0 | 0 | $260,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 8 | 0 | 0 | $66,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Flood, July 23, 2010
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, July 13, 1992
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, September 28, 1972
- Drought, August 1, 2005
- Tornado, July 23, 2016
- Tornado, July 27, 1995
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2008
- Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flood, June 21, 2010
- Hail, July 5, 2003
- Flood, September 11, 2000
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Flood, July 9, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 31, 1958
- Hail, August 16, 1987
- Hail, September 20, 2001
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Hail, April 13, 2006
- Flood, September 18, 2002
- Hail, July 24, 1986
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Hail, May 20, 2014
- Hail, June 8, 2011
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 15, 1968
- Tornado, April 30, 1954
- Tornado, July 12, 1971
- Tornado, May 24, 1989
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Tornado, May 20, 1953
- Tornado, June 24, 1971
- Tornado, September 21, 1973
- Tornado, June 20, 1974
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, July 13, 1992
- Tornado, April 14, 1994
- Tornado, May 9, 1995
- Tornado, July 27, 1995
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2026
- Tornado, April 17, 2026
- Tornado, April 14, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Tornado, March 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- Hail, July 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Tornado, July 11, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Ice Storm, December 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 15, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Hail, May 27, 2024
- Tornado, May 24, 2024
- Hail, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, April 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, April 2, 2024
- Hail, February 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Tornado, July 28, 2023
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Hail, April 5, 2023
- Hail, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2023
- Blizzard, December 21, 2022
- Hail, November 4, 2022
- Tornado, August 20, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 26, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Tornado, July 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, March 15, 2021
- Blizzard, February 4, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 25, 2020
- Tornado, May 23, 2020
- Hail, April 7, 2020
- Tornado, March 28, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2020
- Winter Storm, January 10, 2020
- Winter Weather, November 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, October 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2019
- Tornado, June 9, 2019
- Tornado, May 24, 2019
- Hail, April 22, 2019
- Blizzard, February 24, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Tornado, October 3, 2018
- Flood, September 4, 2018
- Tornado, August 16, 2018
- Hail, August 5, 2018
- Tornado, July 19, 2018
- Tornado, June 9, 2018
- Hail, May 13, 2018
- Tornado, May 3, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 18, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 8, 2018
- Winter Weather, April 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2017
- Hail, August 10, 2017
- Tornado, July 21, 2017
- Hail, July 10, 2017
- Hail, July 5, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Tornado, April 15, 2017
- Hail, April 10, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Flood, September 27, 2016
- Hail, August 19, 2016
- Tornado, July 23, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Tornado, June 14, 2016
- Hail, May 30, 2016
- Hail, May 28, 2016
- High Wind, February 19, 2016
- Blizzard, December 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Tornado, August 18, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2015
- Hail, June 22, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2015
- Dense Fog, December 14, 2014
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2014
- Tornado, June 29, 2014
- Hail, June 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 29, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2014
- Hail, May 20, 2014
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2014
- Freezing Fog, January 10, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 21, 2013
- Ice Storm, December 19, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Hail, September 19, 2013
- Drought, September 10, 2013
- Heat, August 26, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2013
- Flood, June 25, 2013
- Flood, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 30, 2013
- Flood, May 27, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 4, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 26, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 27, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 21, 2012
- Dense Fog, November 19, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2012
- Drought, August 7, 2012
- Drought, July 10, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 10, 2012
- Hail, March 31, 2012
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2011
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 8, 2011
- Hail, May 24, 2011
- Tornado, May 22, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2010
- Winter Weather, November 24, 2010
- Hail, September 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2010
- Flood, July 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2010
- Flood, July 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2010
- Flood, June 21, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2010
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2010
- Dense Fog, January 16, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2009
- Blizzard, December 9, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2009
- Flood, August 27, 2009
- Tornado, August 19, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 19, 2009
- Winter Storm, March 28, 2009
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 13, 2009
- Heavy Snow, January 9, 2009
- Dense Fog, December 26, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2008
- Blizzard, December 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 8, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2008
- Winter Weather, December 3, 2008
- Winter Weather, November 29, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Tornado, August 4, 2008
- Hail, August 3, 2008
- Hail, July 29, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 19, 2008
- Tornado, July 10, 2008
- Hail, July 7, 2008
- Tornado, July 2, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 12, 2008
- Tornado, June 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2008
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2008
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, April 29, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Tornado, April 10, 2008
- Flood, April 1, 2008
- Hail, March 27, 2008
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 28, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2008
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Dense Fog, February 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2008
- Blizzard, January 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 2008
- Winter Weather, January 20, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Jones CountyEvery warning in Jones County since 1986Every county in Iowa
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.