Storm History: Madison County, Iowa

Events

585

Deaths

6

Injuries

6

Damage

$231 million

Episodes

366

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.

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• Tornado, March 5, 20226 deaths · 5 injured · $75 million · EF4 · 2 events here

• Tornado, March 5, 20226 deaths · 5 injured · $75 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 12, 2010$20 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2003$13 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2001$11 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 14, 1994$6.0 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2000$5.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 14, 2000$4.7 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 20, 1999$4.6 million · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997$3.2 million · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 22, 2011$1.0 million · EF2 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 2015$900,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 2014$660,000 · 2 in hail · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2013$585,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Flood, May 22, 2004$398,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$385,000 · EF2 · 8 events here

• Hail, July 3, 2001$85,000 · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2015$30,000 · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, July 5, 19613 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 20232.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 1, 2019$2,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 2014$5,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 27, 2008$67,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 17, 2004$177,000 · 2.75 in hail · 12 events here
• Hail, July 22, 1995$30,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20242 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 2014$660,000 · 2 in hail · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2013$585,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 22, 2013$13,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, May 25, 2008$75,000 · EF5 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 20226 deaths · 5 injured · $75 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 29, 19791 injured · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 8, 1999$350,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 21, 2024$20,000 · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 1953F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 14, 1994$6.0 million · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 11, 2001$77,000 · F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 19, 2019$6,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 11, 1969F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 12, 1972$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 1976$25,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 23, 1981$3,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 22, 1985F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 1989F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Madison County, with its track

• Flash Flood, July 20, 2025$200,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 14, 20251.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202555 kt wind · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20251 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 2024$253,000 · EF0 · 16 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 2024$20,000 · EF4 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20242 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20241 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20241 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2024EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 26, 2024$12,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20242 events here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20241 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 12, 20231 event here
• Hail, July 17, 20231.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 20232.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 4, 2023EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Heavy Rain, November 4, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 9, 20221 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 23, 2022EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 20226 deaths · 5 injured · $75 million · EF4 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 30, 20211.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 15, 20211 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 2021EF0 · 2 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 25, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, July 14, 20201 event here
• Hail, June 2, 20201.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 11, 20191 event here
• Hail, October 1, 2019$2,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 21, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 19, 2019$6,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 29, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 27, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 201954 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 2019$5,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 28, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, March 13, 2019$100,000 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 11, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 20181 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 15, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 20181 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 19, 20182 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2018$60,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 2018$17,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2018$25,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 21, 20181 event here
• Flood, June 10, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Funnel Cloud, May 30, 20181 event here
• Hail, May 11, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 13, 2018$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 28, 20171 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20171 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 2017$1,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 2017$10,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Ice Storm, January 15, 20171 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 13, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, September 24, 20161 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2016$10,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Blizzard, February 2, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20151 event here
• Tornado, November 11, 2015$83,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Hail, August 9, 2015$25,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 2015$900,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2015$30,000 · 3.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, May 17, 2015$103,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 2015$50,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 2014$660,000 · 2 in hail · 10 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 28, 20142 events here
• Flash Flood, August 23, 20143 events here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$385,000 · EF2 · 8 events here
• Tornado, June 29, 2014$3,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2014$2,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20141 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 8, 2014$5,000 · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 4, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 2014$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 2014$5,000 · 53 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 21, 20131 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2013$13,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, June 29, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2013$585,000 · 2 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 2013$5,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 28, 2013$1,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 2013$220,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013$5,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 21, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 29, 2013$25,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 2012$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 19, 2012$25,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2012$35,000 · 75 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 2012$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2012$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 14, 2012$23,000 · EF2 · 8 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012$1.5 million · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 29, 2012$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 4, 20121 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 2011$200,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 6, 2011$48,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011$135,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2011$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2011$20,000 · 2 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 20111.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 2011$16,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 11, 2011$3,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 22, 2011$1.0 million · EF2 · 6 events here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$25,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 11, 2010$75,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 20, 201052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, August 3, 2010$3,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 2010$55,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 12, 2010$31,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 2010$35,000 · EF0 · 6 events here
• Flood, June 12, 2010$20 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 25, 2010$75,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 20, 2010$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 6, 2010$25,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 24, 2009$50,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 8, 2009$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009$10,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 6, 20091 event here
• Flash Flood, July 4, 2009$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2009$16,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, June 19, 200959 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 17, 2009$60,000 · 2 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, April 25, 2009$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, February 13, 20091 event here
• Ice Storm, December 27, 2008$5,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 18, 2008$5,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 2008$50,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 27, 2008$103,000 · EF1 · 9 events here
• Hail, June 27, 2008$67,000 · 2.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 21, 2008$5,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 2008$26,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 11, 2008$45,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2008$250,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 5, 2008$15,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, June 4, 2008$153,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2008$75,000 · EF5 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, February 5, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 16, 20081 event here
• Ice Storm, December 10, 2007$75,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 1, 2007$25,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 22, 2007$60,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 21, 2007$7,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 21, 2007$5,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 21, 2007$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 1, 2007$100,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 2007$255,000 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20071 event here
• Hail, September 16, 2006$5,000 · 66 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 2006$5,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 3, 2006$4,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 15, 2006$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 30, 2006F0 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 21, 2006$5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 8, 2006$18,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, January 24, 2006$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 2005$50,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, May 13, 2005$30,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2005$4,000 · F0 · 2 events here
• High Wind, January 22, 2005$10,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 2005$10,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 30, 2004$10,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 11, 20041.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 2004$8,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 29, 2004$2,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 2004$182,000 · F0 · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 22, 2004$135,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• Flood, May 22, 2004$398,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 2004$177,000 · 2.75 in hail · 12 events here
• Flood, May 10, 2004$20,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 2004$180,000 · F1 · 8 events here
• High Wind, April 27, 2004$75,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 18, 2004$80,000 · 57 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 15, 2004$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 5, 20041 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 2004$5,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 2003$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2003$13 million · 1 event here
• Flood, July 5, 2003$35,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 2003$8,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 9, 2003$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 4, 2003$5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 4, 2003$2,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 2003$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20031 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 4, 2002$42,000 · 69 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2002$50,000 · 83 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, July 6, 2002$21,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 2002$21,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 18, 2002$48,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• High Wind, March 9, 2002$50,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, September 7, 2001$16,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, September 6, 2001$1,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 5, 20011 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2001$11 million · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison County since 1986Every county in Iowa

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.