Iowa

Storm History: Scott County, Iowa

645 episodes, 1,273 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Scott 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
1,273
Deaths
1
Injuries
65
Damage
$81 million
Episodes
645

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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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail34318$1.7 million
Tornado29807$37 million
Flash Flood16600$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind12502$3.2 million
Flood9700$7.8 million
Winter Storm70013$375,000
Winter Weather4100
High Wind2400$289,000
Heavy Snow1800$5,000
Ice Storm1500$318,000
Drought1500$29 million
Blizzard1400$10,000
Dense Fog1102
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Frost/Freeze700$396,000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Heat4012
Lightning300$25,000
Strong Wind207$5,000
Heavy Rain200
Funnel Cloud100
Sleet100
Excessive Heat1014
Wildfire100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Scott County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Scott CountyEvery warning in Scott 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.