Storm History: Poweshiek County, Iowa

Events

554

Deaths

8

Injuries

60

Damage

$164 million

Episodes

376

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, September 16, 19784 deaths · 43 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 26, 19962 deaths · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 20202 deaths · EF1 · 3 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
• 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
• Tornado, September 30, 2007$4.0 million · EF2 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 6, 20106 injured · $3.7 million · 3.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997$3.2 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 26, 19781 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 16, 19784 deaths · 43 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 1988$2.5 million · F3 · 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
• Winter Storm, February 24, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 23, 1965$750,000 · 1.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2010$550,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here

• Hail, July 25, 2000$14,000 · 4 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 20153.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 6, 20106 injured · $3.7 million · 3.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, June 5, 2011$19,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 9, 2009$5,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 2023$80,000 · 2.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, October 1, 20192.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 15, 20172.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 15, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 2014$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, May 17, 2004$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 2012$235,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Hail, July 10, 19802.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20242 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 6, 2018$50,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, May 25, 2008$5,000 · EF5 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 30, 1967$25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F4 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 5, 2022$5,000 · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 16, 19784 deaths · 43 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 1953F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 12, 19568 injured · $25,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 9, 1959$3,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 7, 1962F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 19, 1966$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 9, 1970F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 1974F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 1988$2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 26, 1991F3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 1994$50,000 · F3 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Poweshiek County, with its track

• Tornado, July 28, 2025EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 202568 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 19, 20251.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 14, 2025$24,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 11, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Ice Storm, December 14, 20241 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 29, 20241 event here
• Hail, October 24, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 15, 20240.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 2024EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 25, 2024EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 20242 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20241 event 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 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 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, August 29, 20231 event here
• Drought, July 4, 20231 event here
• Hail, May 7, 2023$80,000 · 2.75 in hail · 9 events here
• Tornado, April 4, 2023EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023EF2 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20222 events here
• Heavy Rain, November 4, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 9, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 20221 event here
• Tornado, March 5, 2022$5,000 · EF4 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, January 1, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$100,000 · EF2 · 2 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 28, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20211 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, August 12, 20211 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2021EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2021EF1 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, February 4, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 25, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, December 29, 20201 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 20202 deaths · EF1 · 3 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 1, 20201 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 202056 kt wind · 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, 20192.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, September 18, 2019$5,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 19, 2019$50,000 · EF3 · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 17, 20192 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Tornado, May 29, 20191 injured · $10,000 · EF1 · 6 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 28, 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
• Tornado, October 9, 2018EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, October 8, 2018$150,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, September 4, 2018$450,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2018$220,000 · 2 in hail · 7 events here
• Hail, June 6, 2018$50,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 11, 20181 in hail · 3 events here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 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
• Wildfire, November 25, 2017$5,000 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 28, 20171 event here
• Tornado, August 20, 2017EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 15, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20171 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 15, 20172.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, January 15, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Tornado, November 28, 2016EF0 · 3 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 13, 20161 event here
• Heavy Rain, September 7, 20162 events here
• Hail, August 11, 201661 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2016$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 201653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Heavy Rain, December 12, 20152 events here
• Ice Storm, November 26, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20151 event here
• Tornado, November 11, 2015$1,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 8, 20151 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 2, 2015$10,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 201556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 20153.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20151.75 in hail · 1 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 13, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 20142 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 25, 20140.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 6, 2014$13,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 2014$1,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2014$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 27, 2014$52,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, April 12, 2014$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, February 4, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 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 4, 20131.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, October 4, 2013$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 26, 2013$300,000 · EF0 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2013$400,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events here
• Flash Flood, April 17, 20131 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 8, 20131.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013$5,000 · 1 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
• Drought, August 1, 2012$6.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 2012$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 2012$235,000 · 2.5 in hail · 10 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 2012$5,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012$1.5 million · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 1, 2012$10,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2011$1,000 · 75 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011$135,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2011$75,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2011$20,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 5, 2011$19,000 · 3 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 29, 2011$12,000 · 1.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 2011$42,000 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Hail, April 3, 2011$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 1, 2011$25,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 11, 2010$75,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, August 3, 2010$25,000 · 54 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 2010$50,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2010$550,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Lightning, June 23, 2010$25,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 20101 event here
• Flood, June 12, 2010$20 million · 1 event here
• Hail, April 30, 2010$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 6, 20106 injured · $3.7 million · 3.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, April 5, 2010$6,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events 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
• Blizzard, December 8, 2009$50,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 7, 20091 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 26, 20092 events here
• Hail, August 9, 2009$5,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 19, 200959 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 8, 20091 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 9, 20091 event here
• Ice Storm, December 27, 2008$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter 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$115,000 · EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, July 21, 2008$88,000 · 1.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 2, 2008$22,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2008$6,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 9, 2008$8,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 2008$6,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 4, 2008$3,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 1, 2008$12,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 2008$5,000 · EF5 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 22, 2008$1,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 10, 2008$150,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Winter Storm, February 17, 2008$50,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 5, 2008$10,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 10, 2007$100,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 1, 2007$10,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 30, 2007$4.0 million · EF2 · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2007$15,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 18, 2007$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 22, 2007$150,000 · EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2007$50,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 24, 2007$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 12, 20071 event here
• Winter Storm, November 10, 20060.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 2006$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 27, 2006$5,000 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 16, 2006$6,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, March 8, 20061.75 in hail · 2 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
• Tornado, September 8, 2005$15,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• Flood, June 26, 2005$124,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2005$3,000 · F0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 8, 2005$30,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 4, 2005$13,000 · F1 · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 10, 2005$10,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 30, 2005$5,000 · F1 · 1 event 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, December 12, 2004$50,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, October 29, 2004$5,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 27, 20041.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, May 22, 2004$398,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 17, 2004$1,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 27, 2004$75,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 16, 20041.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, March 27, 2004$25,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 15, 2004$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 4, 2004$5,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 2, 20031 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 2003$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 2003$29,000 · 65 kt wind · 3 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2003$13 million · 1 event here
• Hail, June 6, 2003$6,000 · 0.88 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 30, 2003$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 10, 2003$245,000 · F1 · 7 events here
• Flood, May 9, 2003$5,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, May 4, 2003$5,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2003$10,000 · F0 · 4 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 4, 2003$1,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 14, 2003$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, January 28, 20031 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2002$5,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flood, June 13, 2002$30,000 · 1 event here

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Tornadoes in Poweshiek CountyEvery warning in Poweshiek 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.