Tornadoes · United States · Iowa

1967 tornadoes in Iowa

52 tornadoes touched down in Iowa in 1967, 28 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 3 people and injured 38. 3 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1966 1968 The whole country in 1967

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F040 to 72 mph

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F173 to 112 mph

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2113 to 157 mph

    Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.

  4. F3158 to 206 mph

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4207 to 260 mph

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5261 to 318 mph

    Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.

  7. Unrated

    The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Iowa in 1967

January 24 12 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 243:15 PM GMT-6F3Van Buren25.0400$50,000 to $500,000
January 243:45 PM GMT-6F1Washington1.0200$500 to $5,000
January 243:50 PM GMT-6F0Henry0.1150$50,000 to $500,000
January 244:00 PM GMT-6F2Louisa3.0250under $50
January 244:15 PM GMT-6F3Lee4.330016$50,000 to $500,000
January 244:20 PM GMT-6F2Lee3.02004$50,000 to $500,000
January 244:20 PM GMT-6F2Louisa2.01501$5,000 to $50,000
January 244:45 PM GMT-6F2Clinton2.0150$5,000 to $50,000
January 244:50 PM GMT-6F2Scott2.0143$5,000 to $50,000
January 245:11 PM GMT-6F2Scott2.0250$50,000 to $500,000
January 245:15 PM GMT-6F2Clinton1.0200$5,000 to $50,000
January 245:15 PM GMT-6F2Clinton0.1100$50,000 to $500,000

March 30 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
March 3010:40 PM GMT-6F2Howard4.1100$5,000 to $50,000

April 2 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 212:30 AM GMT-6F1Winnebago to MN7.22002$50,000 to $500,000

April 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 164:00 PM GMT-6F3Van Buren19.4500216$500,000 to $5 million

April 21 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 212:00 PM GMT-6F3Jefferson0.1200
April 213:00 PM GMT-6F2Van Buren32.8100$50,000 to $500,000

April 30 13 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
April 304:50 PM GMT-5F2Webster6.8200
April 305:00 PM GMT-5F2Emmet8.2300$500,000 to $5 million
April 305:10 PM GMT-5F2Palo Alto14.0300$50,000 to $500,000
April 305:30 PM GMT-5F2Hancock4.3300$500,000 to $5 million
April 305:33 PM GMT-5F2Emmet1.0200$50,000 to $500,000
April 306:05 PM GMT-5F3Cerro Gordo7.7250$50,000 to $500,000
April 306:20 PM GMT-5F2Lee2.3400$50,000 to $500,000
April 306:28 PM GMT-5F4Worth13.3400$50,000 to $500,000
April 306:30 PM GMT-5F3Worth17.2800$500,000 to $5 million
April 307:20 PM GMT-5F4Worth to MN7.65001$500,000 to $5 million
April 308:00 PM GMT-5F1Buchanan0.150
April 308:00 PM GMT-5F1Poweshiek0.110$5,000 to $50,000
April 3010:00 PM GMT-5F2Dubuque2.0400$50,000 to $500,000

May 7 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 75:34 PM GMT-5F2Muscatine8.0200$5,000 to $50,000
May 75:40 PM GMT-5F0Worth0.1200

May 18 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
May 186:30 PM GMT-5F1Buchanan0.110$5,000 to $50,000

June 7 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 74:10 PM GMT-5F1Hamilton0.110$5,000 to $50,000
June 78:00 PM GMT-5F1Page2.0200$50,000 to $500,000
June 79:42 PM GMT-5F2Story1.0100$5,000 to $50,000

June 8 5 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 88:50 PM GMT-5F1Story2.3100$5,000 to $50,000
June 89:00 PM GMT-5F2Story14.4100$50,000 to $500,000
June 810:00 PM GMT-5F4Webster2.0200
June 810:30 PM GMT-5F1Monona5.1300$5,000 to $50,000
June 810:30 PM GMT-5F2Webster14.21005$50,000 to $500,000

June 9 2 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 912:00 AM GMT-5F2Clarke7.8300$50,000 to $500,000
June 912:30 AM GMT-5F2Lucas2.0400$5,000 to $50,000

June 12 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 127:15 PM GMT-5F1Appanoose0.110$5,000 to $50,000

June 14 3 tornadoes

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 1410:10 PM GMT-5F3Plymouth6.25003$50,000 to $500,000
June 1410:45 PM GMT-5F2Plymouth1.0100$5,000 to $50,000
June 1411:00 PM GMT-5F0Palo Alto0.110$50,000 to $500,000

June 16 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 167:30 PM GMT-5F1Boone1.0100$5,000 to $50,000

June 19 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 198:30 PM GMT-5F0Jackson0.110

June 20 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 2012:00 AM GMT-5F1Harrison0.110$5,000 to $50,000

June 27 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 275:30 PM GMT-5F1Dickinson1.0250$5,000 to $50,000

July 30 1 tornado

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
July 308:50 PM GMT-5F0Polk0.110

Crossed into Iowa

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Iowa. They are counted under the state they began in.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
January 242:45 PM GMT-6F4Schuyler, MO to IA25.74402$500,000 to $5 million

Nearby

Every tornado in Iowa since 1950Warnings in force in IowaThe live radar over Iowa

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.