Storm History: Warren County, Iowa
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Warren 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
- 1,065
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $189 million
- Episodes
- 506
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 368 | 0 | 8 | $29 million |
| Hail | 258 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 152 | 0 | 0 | $6.9 million |
| Flood | 81 | 0 | 0 | $28 million |
| Winter Storm | 31 | 0 | 0 | $505,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 2 | $489,000 |
| Drought | 30 | 0 | 0 | $110 million |
| High Wind | 22 | 0 | 0 | $845,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 19 | 0 | 0 | $6.5 million |
| Blizzard | 17 | 0 | 0 | $360,000 |
| Ice Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $393,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 9 | 0 | 0 | $4.0 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | $294,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 3 | 0 | 0 | $135,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 1 | 0 | $66,000 |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2003
- Drought, August 1, 2001
- Heavy Snow, October 26, 1997
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Drought, August 14, 2000
- Drought, July 20, 1999
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2015
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Flood, June 25, 2015
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Tornado, June 22, 2007
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 7, 2003
- Hail, June 18, 2021
- Hail, July 3, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Hail, April 6, 2010
- Hail, July 9, 2021
- Hail, May 14, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 13, 2001
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, April 19, 2023
- Hail, October 1, 2019
- Hail, April 15, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, April 12, 2014
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 27, 1953
- Tornado, May 25, 2008
- Tornado, March 29, 1979
- Tornado, June 28, 1979
- Tornado, July 28, 1986
- Tornado, April 8, 1999
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Tornado, May 8, 1988
- Tornado, April 14, 1994
- Tornado, April 11, 2001
- Tornado, July 19, 2018
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Tornado, June 16, 1960
- Tornado, June 11, 1969
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2025
- Hail, May 19, 2025
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2025
- Hail, October 24, 2024
- Hail, October 4, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2024
- Hail, July 30, 2024
- Hail, July 28, 2024
- Hail, July 24, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Hail, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 24, 2024
- Tornado, May 21, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, April 30, 2024
- Hail, April 27, 2024
- Tornado, April 26, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Blizzard, January 11, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Hail, September 23, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 29, 2023
- Tornado, July 12, 2023
- Hail, June 30, 2023
- Tornado, June 24, 2023
- Tornado, May 12, 2023
- Tornado, April 19, 2023
- Tornado, April 4, 2023
- Tornado, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Blizzard, December 22, 2022
- Heavy Rain, November 4, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 9, 2022
- Hail, June 24, 2022
- Tornado, April 23, 2022
- Tornado, March 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 14, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Hail, July 9, 2021
- Funnel Cloud, June 25, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2021
- Hail, June 18, 2021
- Drought, June 15, 2021
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2021
- Heavy Snow, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Tornado, August 10, 2020
- Hail, July 14, 2020
- Hail, July 11, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2020
- Hail, May 14, 2020
- Hail, March 19, 2020
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 2020
- Blizzard, January 17, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, October 11, 2019
- Hail, October 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 28, 2019
- Tornado, September 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2019
- Tornado, August 19, 2019
- Heavy Rain, August 17, 2019
- Hail, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2019
- Flood, May 22, 2019
- Hail, May 16, 2019
- Frost/Freeze, April 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Flood, March 11, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Frost/Freeze, October 15, 2018
- Flood, October 5, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Tornado, July 19, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, July 14, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2018
- Hail, June 28, 2018
- Tornado, June 25, 2018
- Tornado, May 28, 2018
- Hail, May 11, 2018
- Tornado, May 3, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2017
- Frost/Freeze, October 28, 2017
- Drought, October 1, 2017
- Drought, September 1, 2017
- Drought, August 1, 2017
- Hail, July 2, 2017
- Tornado, June 28, 2017
- Hail, June 15, 2017
- Hail, May 17, 2017
- Hail, April 15, 2017
- Tornado, March 6, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- High Wind, November 18, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, October 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2016
- Hail, August 11, 2016
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2016
- Tornado, July 19, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2016
- High Wind, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2015
- Flood, December 13, 2015
- Heavy Rain, December 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 20, 2015
- Tornado, November 11, 2015
- Hail, August 8, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2015
- Flood, July 26, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2015
- Flood, June 25, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Funnel Cloud, May 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2014
- Tornado, August 31, 2014
- Heavy Rain, August 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2014
- Tornado, June 30, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2014
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Hail, May 8, 2014
- Hail, April 12, 2014
- Hail, February 20, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Blizzard, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 21, 2013
- Hail, September 19, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2013
- Flood, June 14, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2013
- Hail, May 20, 2013
- Tornado, May 19, 2013
- Heavy Snow, May 2, 2013
- Flash Flood, April 17, 2013
- Hail, April 8, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2013
- Blizzard, December 20, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 19, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Flash Flood, May 6, 2012
- Funnel Cloud, April 21, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, April 11, 2012
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, June 26, 2011
- Flood, June 20, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2011
- Hail, June 13, 2011
- Flood, June 9, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2011
- Flood, May 29, 2011
- Flood, May 22, 2011
- Tornado, May 11, 2011
- Tornado, March 22, 2011
- Blizzard, February 1, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- High Wind, October 27, 2010
- Flood, August 4, 2010
- Tornado, July 23, 2010
- Flood, July 18, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2010
- Flood, June 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Tornado, June 18, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Flood, June 12, 2010
- Tornado, June 5, 2010
- Tornado, June 1, 2010
- Flood, May 11, 2010
- Hail, May 2, 2010
- Hail, April 6, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Hail, April 2, 2010
- Heavy Snow, March 19, 2010
- Flood, March 9, 2010
- Blizzard, January 25, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 20, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, October 10, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2009
- Flood, June 19, 2009
- Flood, June 18, 2009
- Flood, April 26, 2009
- Tornado, April 25, 2009
- Flood, March 8, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 27, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 18, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, August 4, 2008
- Flood, July 28, 2008
- Tornado, July 27, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Flood, July 8, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2008
- Hail, June 27, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Warren CountyEvery warning in Warren 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.