Storm History: Polk County, Iowa

Events

2,373

Deaths

11

Injuries

214

Damage

$479 million

Episodes

774

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, June 18, 19742 deaths · 50 injured · $25 million · F4 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 20181 death · $8.5 million · 1.5 in hail · 29 events here
• Tornado, August 10, 20101 death · 4 injured · $522,000 · EF0 · 14 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 20141 death · $289,000 · EF1 · 18 events here
• Flash Flood, February 19, 19971 death · $30,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 19991 death · $10,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, August 5, 20011 death · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 20061 death · F0 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20091 death · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20161 death · 1 in hail · 5 events here

• Tornado, June 29, 1998123 injured · $75 million · F2 · 20 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 2022$75 million · EF4 · 3 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2008$57 million · 5 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 19742 deaths · 50 injured · $25 million · F4 · 3 events 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, June 12, 2001$11 million · F0 · 15 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 20181 death · $8.5 million · 1.5 in hail · 29 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2008$7.0 million · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997$6.2 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 18, 1998$6.1 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2012$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 21, 20242 injured · $5.2 million · EF4 · 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
• Flash Flood, August 22, 2002$3.4 million · 69 kt wind · 11 events here

• Hail, May 8, 2003$5,000 · 4.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 2003$277,000 · 4.5 in hail · 16 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2015$30,000 · 3.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20213.25 in hail · 26 events here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 2022$20,000 · 3 in hail · 16 events here
• Hail, May 14, 2020$10,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 18, 2010$52,000 · 3 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 14, 2009$449,000 · 3 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, August 9, 2009$112,000 · 3 in hail · 17 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2008$124,000 · 3 in hail · 16 events here
• Hail, August 5, 19603 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 1, 19563 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 20232.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, October 1, 2019$415,000 · 2.75 in hail · 19 events here

• Tornado, October 14, 1966$2.5 million · F5 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 25, 2008$159,000 · EF5 · 18 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 19742 deaths · 50 injured · $25 million · F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 1959$5,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 30, 1967F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 1984F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, September 28, 1986$2.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1989F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 13, 199015 injured · $2.5 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 8, 1999$93,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 2022$75 million · EF4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 20242 injured · $5.2 million · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 12, 1956F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 7, 1962F3 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Polk County, with its track

• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20261 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025$50,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2025$2,000 · 62 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2025$7,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 20, 2025$20,000 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2025$700 · 68 kt wind · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2025$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 202556 kt wind · 4 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20252 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, March 14, 2025$33,000 · 1.5 in hail · 10 events 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
• High Wind, December 4, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 31, 20241.25 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 30, 20241.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2024$520,000 · EF1 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2024EF0 · 8 events here
• Tornado, June 4, 20241 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 24, 2024$190,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flood, May 21, 20243 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 20242 injured · $5.2 million · EF4 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2024$110,000 · 2 in hail · 17 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 7, 202453 kt wind · 4 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20241 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 20241 injured · $1.5 million · EF2 · 2 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 5, 20231 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2023EF0 · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 202353 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 20232.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 4, 2023EF1 · 6 events here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20221 event here
• Heavy Rain, November 4, 20229 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, September 17, 20221.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 2022$20,000 · 3 in hail · 16 events here
• Drought, August 9, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 7, 20221 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 2022EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 7, 20221 event here
• Flood, June 5, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 2022$400,000 · 0.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 29, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 23, 2022$26,000 · EF1 · 7 events here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 20225 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 2022$75 million · EF4 · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$30,000 · EF2 · 9 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Heavy Rain, October 23, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 28, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 30, 20211 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 30, 20211.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 19, 20211 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20213.25 in hail · 26 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Funnel Cloud, June 25, 20213 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20211.5 in hail · 13 events here
• Drought, June 15, 20211 event here
• Hail, May 25, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, February 4, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 25, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 19, 20201 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2020EF1 · 22 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20202 in hail · 23 events here
• Drought, July 14, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 11, 20202.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20201 in hail · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20201.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 14, 2020$10,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event 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$415,000 · 2.75 in hail · 19 events here
• Tornado, September 21, 2019$200 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, September 19, 2019$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 9, 2019$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 19, 2019$55,000 · EF3 · 7 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 17, 201910 events here
• Hail, July 20, 2019$7,000 · 61 kt wind · 8 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 17, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 2019$500 · 58 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 22, 20192 events here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 2019$240,000 · 1 in hail · 22 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 2019$17,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Flood, June 1, 20192 events here
• Hail, May 27, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 201954 kt wind · 10 events here
• Flood, May 22, 2019$350,000 · 4 events here
• Hail, May 16, 2019$124,000 · 1.75 in hail · 17 events here
• High Wind, April 30, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 28, 2019$2,000 · 1.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 28, 20191 event here
• Hail, April 17, 2019$15,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, March 13, 2019$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 11, 20195 events here
• Winter Storm, February 16, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, January 22, 20191 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 15, 20181 event here
• Flood, October 9, 2018$150,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, October 1, 20181 event here
• Hail, September 18, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2018$192,000 · 2 in hail · 15 events here
• Hail, August 31, 20182 in hail · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, August 16, 20181 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2018$292,000 · EF3 · 4 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 15, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2018$360,000 · 31 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 20181 death · $8.5 million · 1.5 in hail · 29 events here
• Hail, June 28, 2018$30,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2018$70,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 25, 2018$220,000 · EF0 · 18 events here
• Flood, June 20, 2018$150,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 20182 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20182 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 2018$90,000 · EF0 · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 28, 2018$5,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 13, 20181.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 11, 20181 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 3, 2018$5,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 1, 2018$20,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 17, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 5, 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
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 201756 kt wind · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 20, 2017EF0 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2017EF2 · 6 events here
• Hail, June 22, 20171 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 2017$45,000 · 2.75 in hail · 10 events here
• Flood, May 21, 2017$30,000 · 4 events here
• Hail, May 17, 2017$115,000 · 1 in hail · 20 events here
• Hail, May 10, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 15, 20172.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017EF2 · 3 events here
• Ice Storm, January 15, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 13, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, September 15, 201654 kt wind · 3 events here
• Heavy Rain, September 7, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, August 28, 2016$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Funnel Cloud, August 15, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 11, 2016$135,000 · 61 kt wind · 12 events here
• Flash Flood, August 10, 201656 kt wind · 7 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2016$30,000 · EF0 · 23 events here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016$50,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20161 death · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Flood, May 1, 2016$100,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, March 30, 2016$10,000 · 1.5 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, February 20, 2016$20,000 · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Flood, December 21, 20152 events here
• Flood, December 13, 2015$350,000 · 4 events here
• Heavy Rain, December 12, 20156 events here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 201557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 11, 2015$95,000 · EF2 · 6 events here
• Flood, September 7, 2015$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 17, 20152 events here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 2015$10,000 · 1 in hail · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 2015$1,000 · 53 kt wind · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2015$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, July 26, 2015$500,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2015$5,000 · 56 kt wind · 6 events here
• Flood, June 25, 2015$1.3 million · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2015$30,000 · 3.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Flash Flood, June 14, 2015$50,000 · 24 events here
• Flood, June 12, 2015$500,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 6, 2015$200,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 2015$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, February 1, 2015$50,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 6, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 5, 20151 event here
• Flood, October 1, 2014$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 2014$150,000 · 2 in hail · 3 events here
• Flood, September 1, 2014$100,000 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 31, 2014$86,000 · EF1 · 8 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 28, 201412 events here
• Flash Flood, August 23, 20145 events here
• Hail, August 20, 2014$20,000 · 1.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 6, 20146 events here
• Hail, July 25, 2014$10,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$92,000 · EF2 · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20141 in hail · 17 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 20141 death · $289,000 · EF1 · 18 events here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 20142 events here
• Dust Devil, May 16, 2014$10,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 11, 2014$42,000 · EF2 · 6 events here
• Hail, May 8, 2014$566,000 · 2.75 in hail · 21 events here
• Tornado, April 27, 2014EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 12, 20142.75 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
• Blizzard, January 16, 2014$10,000 · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 21, 20131 event here
• Hail, October 30, 2013$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 2013$1.6 million · 1.75 in hail · 34 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2013$365,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 2, 2013$6,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2013$10,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 20133 events here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 2013$80,000 · 1.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Flood, May 26, 2013$425,000 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2013$5,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 20, 2013$46,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events here

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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.