Storm History: Story County, Iowa

Events

1,320

Deaths

1

Injuries

34

Damage

$252 million

Episodes

574

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, May 20, 19531 death · F3 · 1 event here

• Tornado, August 10, 2010$51 million · EF0 · 7 events here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1989$25 million · F4 · 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
• Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997$3.2 million · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 20242 injured · $3.2 million · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 13, 19901 injured · $2.8 million · F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, March 22, 1991$2.5 million · F3 · 2 events here
• Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009$2.5 million · 1 event here
• Flood, August 9, 2010$1.8 million · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 16, 1996$1.6 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 17, 1996$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012$1.5 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2018$1.0 million · 1 event here

• Hail, July 25, 2000$379,000 · 4 in hail · 11 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2015$50,000 · 3.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 25, 2008$184,000 · 3 in hail · 16 events here
• Flash Flood, May 13, 2001$8,000 · 3 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 20232.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 7, 20232.75 in hail · 17 events here
• Hail, April 15, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 2014$220,000 · 2.75 in hail · 19 events here
• Hail, June 27, 2008$30,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 18, 19802.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20202.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Hail, June 8, 2011$34,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 16, 1999$2,000 · 2.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 2018$105,000 · 2.25 in hail · 12 events here

• Tornado, June 13, 1976$25,000 · F5 · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 26, 19652 injured · $25,000 · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 8, 1967$275,000 · F4 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 1974$250,000 · F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 1986F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 24, 1989$25 million · F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 13, 19901 injured · $2.8 million · F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, April 8, 19993 injured · $857,000 · F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 20242 injured · $3.2 million · EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 20, 19531 death · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 19505 injured · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 7, 1962$250,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 1974F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 28, 1979F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 22, 1991$2.5 million · F3 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Story County, with its track

• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20261 event here
• Hail, September 22, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 20251.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20251.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, May 28, 20251 event here
• Hail, May 19, 20252 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 28, 20251.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 22, 20251.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Blizzard, March 19, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, March 14, 20251.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202555 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, February 28, 202557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20251 event here
• Hail, July 28, 20241.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, July 15, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 20241.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 24, 20242.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 21, 20242 injured · $3.2 million · EF4 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2024$25,000 · 2 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 8, 20241.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 30, 2024EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 27, 20241.5 in hail · 1 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
• Tornado, October 13, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 12, 20231 event here
• Tornado, July 12, 2023EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20230.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 7, 20232.75 in hail · 17 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 20232.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, March 31, 2023$20,000 · EF2 · 16 events here
• Ice Storm, February 22, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, February 15, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 22, 20222 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 18, 20221 event here
• Hail, August 27, 20221 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 20221.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 202269 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flood, June 15, 20221 event here
• Flood, June 14, 20221 in hail · 9 events here
• Flood, June 5, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 29, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 23, 2022$1,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, April 21, 20227 events here
• High Wind, April 14, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$20,000 · EF2 · 4 events here
• Drought, November 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 30, 2021$10,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 27, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 202156 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Tornado, July 14, 2021EF3 · 9 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Funnel Cloud, June 25, 20211 event here
• Drought, June 15, 20211 event here
• High Wind, May 1, 202154 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, February 4, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 25, 20211 event here
• Hail, October 22, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20201 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2020EF1 · 7 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20202 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 14, 20201 event here
• Hail, July 11, 20202.5 in hail · 14 events here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 11, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 21, 20191 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, September 14, 20191.5 in hail · 7 events here
• Tornado, September 9, 2019$135,000 · 61 kt wind · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 19, 2019EF3 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 17, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 17, 201950 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 201953 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 2019$10,000 · 58 kt wind · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, June 21, 20191 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 2019$13,000 · EF0 · 6 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 2019EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 23, 2019$15,000 · 54 kt wind · 7 events here
• Frost/Freeze, April 28, 20191 event here
• Flash Flood, March 13, 2019$200,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 11, 20193 events here
• Blizzard, February 23, 20191 event 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
• High Wind, October 20, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Frost/Freeze, October 15, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2018$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 1, 2018$100,000 · 2 in hail · 6 events here
• Funnel Cloud, August 16, 20181 event here
• Hail, August 1, 20181.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 19, 2018$1,000 · EF3 · 6 events here
• Funnel Cloud, July 15, 20181 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 20182 injured · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, July 4, 201814 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2018$200,000 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 30, 2018$330,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Tornado, June 20, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 14, 2018$250,000 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2018$50,000 · 2 in hail · 17 events here
• Hail, June 6, 20182 in hail · 11 events here
• Tornado, May 29, 2018$100 · EF0 · 5 events here
• Tornado, May 28, 2018EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, May 25, 2018$105,000 · 2.25 in hail · 12 events here
• Tornado, May 3, 2018EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 2018$55,000 · 2 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, April 13, 2018$455,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, March 17, 20181 event here
• Winter Storm, February 5, 20181 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
• Tornado, August 20, 2017$7,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, August 14, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 28, 2017$2,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, June 19, 20170.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2017$25,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, May 17, 2017$25,000 · 1 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, May 16, 20171.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20171 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 201756 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 15, 20172.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, March 6, 2017$75,000 · EF2 · 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 21, 20161.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 21, 2016$80,000 · 18 events here
• Flash Flood, September 15, 201654 kt wind · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, September 9, 201650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Rain, September 7, 20162 events here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 2016$40,000 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, August 19, 2016$1,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, August 11, 201661 kt wind · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2016$5,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 2016$21,000 · 1.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016$1,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2016$50,000 · 1.25 in hail · 3 events here
• High Wind, February 19, 201653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 2, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 28, 20151 event here
• Winter Storm, December 24, 20151 event here
• Flood, December 13, 2015$150,000 · 3 events here
• Heavy Rain, December 12, 20155 events here
• Winter Storm, November 20, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 201557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, November 11, 2015EF2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, September 6, 20151.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 27, 2015$950,000 · 9 events here
• Hail, August 8, 20151 in hail · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 20151 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 201553 kt wind · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, July 16, 20151 event here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 2015$40,000 · 56 kt wind · 5 events here
• Hail, June 23, 20151 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2015$50,000 · 3.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, June 10, 20151.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 6, 2015$290,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 8, 20150.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 8, 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, September 1, 20147 events here
• Tornado, August 31, 2014$5,000 · EF1 · 2 events here
• Heavy Rain, August 28, 20141 event here
• Heavy Rain, August 6, 20141 event here
• Flash Flood, July 12, 20141 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 2014$185,000 · EF2 · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 26, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 18, 2014$30,000 · 61 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 20, 2014$313,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events here
• Hail, May 19, 20140.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 11, 2014$15,000 · EF2 · 3 events here
• Hail, April 12, 2014$220,000 · 2.75 in hail · 19 events here
• Blizzard, February 20, 2014$25,000 · 1 event 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
• Hail, October 4, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 19, 2013$1,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2013$21 million · 1 event here
• Hail, July 22, 2013$119,000 · 2 in hail · 8 events here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 2013$20,000 · 65 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 23, 2013$5,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 29, 2013$690,000 · 1.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Flood, May 26, 2013$150,000 · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 26, 2013$105,000 · EF0 · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 2013$10,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 25, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 2013$28,000 · 1.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 19, 2013$48,000 · EF1 · 3 events here
• Heavy Snow, May 2, 2013$100,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, April 17, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, March 10, 2013$5,000 · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013$5,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 29, 2013$25,000 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, January 27, 2013$25,000 · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 20, 2012$250,000 · 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$86,000 · 1.75 in hail · 12 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2012$605,000 · 65 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2012$45 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, May 6, 2012$3,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 1, 2012$445,000 · 1 in hail · 9 events here
• Tornado, April 14, 2012EF2 · 2 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
• High Wind, January 1, 2012$25,000 · 63 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2011$150,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011$135,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 2011$140,000 · EF0 · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 26, 2011$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 20, 2011$5,000 · EF1 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 13, 2011$82,000 · 2 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 13, 2011$50,000 · 59 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 8, 2011$28,000 · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, June 8, 2011$34,000 · 2.5 in hail · 3 events here

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Tornadoes in Story CountyEvery warning in Story 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.