Storm History: Woodbury County, Iowa

Events

1,213

Deaths

4

Injuries

86

Damage

$351 million

Episodes

761

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, 19732 deaths · 15 injured · $500,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20201 death · $6,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, June 30, 20191 death · 1 event here

• Tornado, July 28, 19861 injured · $250 million · F4 · 5 events here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$33 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 19992 injured · $8.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$6.8 million · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 20081 injured · $5.5 million · 81 kt wind · 4 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$5.1 million · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2022$5.0 million · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 2001$5.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$4.1 million · 5 events here
• Hail, May 28, 1998$3.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 19647 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 4, 2013$2.4 million · EF4 · 4 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 19, 1996$1.4 million · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2022$1.3 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$1.2 million · EF2 · 15 events here
• Flash Flood, July 16, 1996$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, June 16, 2014$1.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 2022$937,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2020$617,000 · 1 event here

• Hail, June 19, 1996$400,000 · 4.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 20, 20243 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 21, 19623 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 12, 20112.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 20, 2003$200,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 2, 1999$500,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 7, 19922.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 24, 198616 injured · 2.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 21, 19742.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 9, 19642.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 17, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, June 7, 2008$25,000 · 2.5 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, April 30, 20012.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 19972.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 19, 19962.5 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 26, 1976F4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 7, 1984$250,000 · F4 · 3 events here
• Tornado, July 28, 19861 injured · $250 million · F4 · 5 events here
• Tornado, October 4, 2013$2.4 million · EF4 · 4 events here
• Tornado, March 21, 19532 injured · $3,000 · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 19647 injured · $2.5 million · F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 1967F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 13, 1974F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 8, 19797 injured · $50,000 · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, September 20, 1980F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 5, 1994$617,000 · F3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 7, 1994$140,000 · F3 · 5 events here
• Tornado, June 18, 19732 deaths · 15 injured · $500,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 19, 1955F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 1963$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Woodbury County, with its track

• Hail, June 29, 20261.25 in hail · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20261 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20261.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 31, 20261.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 24, 20261.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 22, 20261 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20261.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Tornado, May 17, 2026EF1 · 23 events here
• Hail, May 15, 20262 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, April 23, 20261.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20261 event here
• Drought, March 31, 20261 event here
• Wildfire, March 28, 20261 injured · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 15, 20262 events here
• Blizzard, January 21, 202659 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 202650 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 28, 202551 kt wind · 2 events here
• Blizzard, December 18, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 13, 20252 events here
• High Wind, December 9, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, December 6, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20251 event here
• High Wind, November 25, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 202556 kt wind · 3 events here
• Excessive Heat, August 15, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 8, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 29, 202557 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 27, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, July 27, 202561 kt wind · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 21, 20251 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 202551 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 28, 20250.88 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Hail, June 16, 202561 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, June 14, 20251.25 in hail · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 19, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 19, 202563 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 17, 20252.5 in hail · 3 events here
• Blizzard, March 19, 202556 kt wind · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, March 14, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 202554 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, March 1, 20251 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, February 10, 20251 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20251 event here
• Winter Weather, January 2, 20251 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20251 event here
• Strong Wind, December 19, 20241 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202450 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20241 event here
• Strong Wind, November 20, 20241 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 8, 20241 event here
• Flash Flood, August 29, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20241 event here
• Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 31, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 29, 202474 kt wind · 9 events here
• Flash Flood, July 28, 20242 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 13, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 7, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 20, 2024$4.1 million · 5 events here
• Flash Flood, June 15, 202470 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 12, 2024$3,000 · 2 in hail · 7 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 202465 kt wind · 3 events here
• Hail, May 20, 20243 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 26, 20241.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, April 16, 2024EF1 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 2, 202457 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, February 27, 20241 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 20241 event here
• Winter Weather, January 18, 20241 event here
• Blizzard, January 11, 20243 events here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20241 event here
• Winter Storm, January 8, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 24, 20231 event here
• Strong Wind, December 9, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, October 28, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, October 3, 202361 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 2023$33 million · 1 event here
• Hail, September 23, 20231.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, September 18, 20231 in hail · 1 event here
• Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 19, 20231 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 25, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 202365 kt wind · 4 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 202361 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20231 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 12, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 10, 20232 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, May 1, 20231 event here
• High Wind, April 30, 202352 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 19, 20231.5 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 18, 202359 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 22, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 8, 20231 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 15, 202350 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 27, 20231 event here
• Winter Storm, January 18, 20231 event here
• Ice Storm, January 2, 20231 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, December 8, 20221 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2022$1.3 million · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2022$5.1 million · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2022$80,000 · 78 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, July 1, 2022$5.0 million · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 2022$500,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, May 30, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022$29,000 · 78 kt wind · 4 events here
• Drought, May 1, 2022$937,000 · 1 event here
• Wildfire, April 23, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, April 12, 20221.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, March 15, 20221 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Winter Weather, February 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, December 15, 2021$1.2 million · EF2 · 15 events here
• Winter Storm, December 10, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 2021$76,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 20, 2021$2,000 · EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2021$2,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 2021$336,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 27, 2021$583,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 22, 2021$8,000 · 1.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Storm, February 21, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, February 4, 20211 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 25, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, January 23, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, January 14, 20211 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20211 event here
• Winter Weather, December 29, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20201 event here
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20201 death · $6,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 2020$107,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, October 24, 20201 event here
• Wildfire, October 11, 2020$320,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, October 11, 202054 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 6, 2020$47,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 10, 2020$5,000 · 1 in hail · 4 events here
• Drought, August 1, 2020$617,000 · 1 event here
• Drought, July 28, 2020$475,000 · 1 event here
• Lightning, July 14, 2020$25,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20201 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, April 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, March 19, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, February 19, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, February 12, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, January 21, 20201 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, December 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 28, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 26, 20191 event here
• Tornado, September 24, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, September 17, 2019$5,000 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 20, 20191 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 17, 201970 kt wind · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 1, 2019$10,000 · 1 event here
• Heat, June 30, 20191 death · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 29, 20191 event here
• Heat, June 28, 20191 event here
• Flood, June 1, 20192 events here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$2.0 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 31, 20191 event here
• Flood, May 27, 20191 event here
• Hail, April 21, 20190.88 in hail · 2 events here
• Flood, March 13, 20195 events here
• Flood, March 13, 2019$6.8 million · 2 events here
• Winter Weather, February 3, 20191 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Weather, December 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, September 20, 20181 event here
• Flood, September 20, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 11, 20181 event here
• Heat, July 4, 20181 event here
• Flood, July 1, 20181 event here
• Flood, June 26, 20181 event here
• Flash Flood, June 24, 201856 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20180.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, June 10, 20180.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 6, 20181.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 201852 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 18, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, April 14, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, April 2, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, March 5, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 24, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 22, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 19, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 8, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, February 5, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, January 22, 20181 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 20181 event here
• Winter Weather, January 11, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Winter Weather, December 21, 20171 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20172 in hail · 8 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 201758 kt wind · 4 events here
• Blizzard, February 23, 20171 event here
• Winter Storm, January 24, 20171 event here
• Ice Storm, January 16, 20172 events here
• Winter Weather, January 10, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 201655 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 16, 20161 event here
• Hail, August 23, 20161 in hail · 5 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2016$5,000 · 73 kt wind · 4 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 20, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016$5,000 · 56 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 17, 2016$5,000 · 1 in hail · 6 events here
• Tornado, June 14, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 10, 20161 event here
• Flash Flood, May 9, 20161.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, April 24, 2016$3,000 · 1.75 in hail · 8 events here
• Winter Storm, March 23, 20163 injured · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 19, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20161 event here
• Blizzard, February 2, 20162 events here
• Winter Weather, January 7, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 28, 20151 event here

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Tornadoes in Woodbury CountyEvery warning in Woodbury 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.