Tornadoes · United States · Iowa

2024 tornadoes in Iowa

124 tornadoes touched down in Iowa in 2024, 206 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 6 people and injured 44. 1 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

2023 2025 The whole country in 2024

The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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.
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 2024

April 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 7	3:50 PM CDT	EF1	Hamilton	0.7	70			$20,000

April 16 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 16	9:12 AM CDT	EF0	Taylor	2.6	50	$5,000
April 16	9:31 AM CDT	EF0	Adams	2.4	50	$15,000
April 16	9:58 AM CDT	EF1	Cass	0.9	30	$25,000
April 16	11:05 AM CDT	EF0	Dallas	7.0	60	$20,000
April 16	1:46 PM CDT	Unrated	Plymouth	0.0	10
April 16	1:48 PM CDT	Unrated	Plymouth	0.0	10
April 16	2:00 PM CDT	EF1	Plymouth	1.3	25
April 16	2:11 PM CDT	Unrated	Sioux	0.0	10
April 16	2:26 PM CDT	EF1	Calhoun	5.2	75	$12,000
April 16	2:27 PM CDT	EF0	Sioux	0.9	25
April 16	2:30 PM CDT	EF0	Sioux	0.3	25
April 16	2:57 PM CDT	Unrated	Calhoun	0.6	30
April 16	2:58 PM CDT	EF1	Lyon	1.0	75
April 16	3:02 PM CDT	EF1	Buchanan	10.0	125
April 16	3:11 PM CDT	EF0	Pocahontas	1.7	75	$200
April 16	3:32 PM CDT	Unrated	Pocahontas	1.4	75
April 16	3:41 PM CDT	EF0	Pocahontas	0.6	40	$10,000
April 16	4:25 PM CDT	EF2	Lee	41.7	600

April 26 27 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 26	4:52 PM CDT	EF1	Mills	2.7	80
April 26	4:52 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	9.1	766
April 26	4:54 PM CDT	EF3	Douglas to NE	19.1	550
April 26	4:59 PM CDT	EF0	Harrison	2.6	200
April 26	5:08 PM CDT	EF3	Pottawattamie	13.3	900
April 26	5:17 PM CDT	EF0	Monona	1.5	100
April 26	5:23 PM CDT	EF1	Monona	3.3	250
April 26	5:25 PM CDT	EF3	Minden–Harlan tornado	40.3	1,900	1	3
April 26	5:40 PM CDT	EF1	Harrison	1.8	30
April 26	6:28 PM CDT	EF2	Shelby	9.3	200			$50,000
April 26	6:30 PM CDT	Unrated	Crawford	2.5	50
April 26	6:49 PM CDT	EF1	Shelby	13.0	300			$30,000
April 26	6:52 PM CDT	EF2	Adams	9.7	350			$300,000
April 26	7:14 PM CDT	EF1	Union	2.9	80			$50,000
April 26	7:19 PM CDT	EF2	Union	13.9	150			$110,000
April 26	7:36 PM CDT	EF1	Ringgold	11.7	300			$80,000
April 26	7:38 PM CDT	EF1	Union	9.4	150			$25,000
April 26	7:51 PM CDT	EF2	Union	6.7	130			$500,000
April 26	7:51 PM CDT	EF1	Ringgold	9.1	250			$100,000
April 26	7:57 PM CDT	Unrated	Madison	0.6	30
April 26	8:16 PM CDT	Unrated	Madison	1.4	30
April 26	8:19 PM CDT	EF2	Ringgold	10.2	100			$350,000
April 26	8:21 PM CDT	EF0	Madison	3.6	50			$4,000
April 26	8:31 PM CDT	EF2	Clarke	5.8	75			$400,000
April 26	8:50 PM CDT	EF2	Polk	7.6	150		1	$1.5 million
April 26	9:42 PM CDT	EF1	Jasper	4.1	80		1	$250,000
April 26	9:55 PM CDT	Unrated	Jasper	1.7	50

April 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 30	7:12 PM CDT	EF1	Wayne	3.0	75			$250,000

May 6 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 6	8:48 PM CDT	EF1	Mills	5.7	250
May 6	9:07 PM CDT	EF1	Pottawattamie	1.5	200
May 6	9:13 PM CDT	EF1	Pottawattamie	4.0	450
May 6	12:38 AM CDT	EF1	Clarke	6.2	80	$250,000
May 6	12:53 AM CDT	EF0	Clarke	2.0	80	$100,000

May 7 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 7	1:12 AM CDT	EF0	Warren	3.1	80	$50,000
May 7	1:35 AM CDT	EF0	Jasper	0.1	30	$25,000
May 7	1:37 AM CDT	EF0	Marion	5.0	80	$8,000

May 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 9	1:03 PM CDT	EF0	Floyd	0.6	30

May 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	8:18 PM CDT	Unrated	Shelby	0.4	20

May 21 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	7:10 AM CDT	EF0	Montgomery	0.7	40
May 21	7:32 AM CDT	EF1	Page	3.3	80
May 21	2:30 PM CDT	EF1	Buena Vista	1.6	75
May 21	2:35 PM CDT	EF1	Montgomery	2.9	70
May 21	2:43 PM CDT	EF3	Page	33.9	1,300			$1.0 million
May 21	2:57 PM CDT	EF1	Page	1.7	85
May 21	2:59 PM CDT	EF4	Greenfield tornado	40.6	1,600	5	35	$32 million
May 21	3:09 PM CDT	EF0	Audubon	7.2	100			$10,000
May 21	3:18 PM CDT	EF1	Adams	12.7	200			$101,000
May 21	3:39 PM CDT	EF2	Adair	14.6	200			$750,000
May 21	3:50 PM CDT	EF0	Union	4.0	75			$20,000
May 21	4:25 PM CDT	EF0	Warren	1.0	40			$30,000
May 21	4:28 PM CDT	EF0	Warren	2.0	75			$10,000
May 21	4:30 PM CDT	EF2	Polk	40.8	1,000		4	$8.4 million

May 24 23 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 24	2:41 AM CDT	EF1	Harrison	0.7	150
May 24	3:00 AM CDT	EF0	Pottawattamie	0.3	60
May 24	3:10 AM CDT	EF0	Montgomery	2.1	60
May 24	3:13 AM CDT	EF0	Shelby	0.1	40
May 24	3:22 AM CDT	EF0	Montgomery	1.2	30
May 24	4:38 AM CDT	EF0	Dallas	9.2	80	$60,000
May 24	4:42 AM CDT	EF0	Boone	10.7	180	$10,000
May 24	4:53 AM CDT	EF0	Polk	3.2	100	$50,000
May 24	4:57 AM CDT	EF0	Warren	2.2	50	$2,000
May 24	5:07 AM CDT	EF0	Polk	1.5	50	$90,000
May 24	5:10 AM CDT	EF1	Hamilton	2.9	75	$80,000
May 24	5:56 AM CDT	EF1	Keokuk	7.2	70
May 24	6:26 AM CDT	EF1	Washington	18.3	100
May 24	6:45 AM CDT	EF1	Washington	22.5	150
May 24	6:55 AM CDT	EF1	Muscatine	15.0	75
May 24	7:12 AM CDT	EF0	Johnson	0.1	50
May 24	7:20 AM CDT	Unrated	Cedar	11.0	10
May 24	7:30 AM CDT	EF1	Cedar	15.0	50
May 24	7:36 AM CDT	Unrated	Scott	0.1	10
May 24	7:45 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	15.3	50
May 24	7:52 AM CDT	EF1	Scott	7.2	50
May 24	8:09 AM CDT	Unrated	Scott	0.8	10
May 24	8:21 AM CDT	Unrated	Clinton	0.3	10

May 31 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
May 31	12:45 PM CDT	Unrated	Pocahontas	0.4	30
May 31	4:14 PM CDT	EF0	O'Brien	0.9	75
May 31	4:36 PM CDT	EF0	Sioux	0.7	25

June 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 4	5:31 PM CDT	Unrated	Webster	0.2	30

June 25 9 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 25	4:32 PM CDT	Unrated	Jasper	0.3	30
June 25	4:41 PM CDT	Unrated	Jasper	0.6	50
June 25	4:48 PM CDT	Unrated	Polk	0.1	30
June 25	5:03 PM CDT	EF1	Jackson	0.9	50
June 25	5:25 PM CDT	EF0	Linn	0.5	50
June 25	5:30 PM CDT	Unrated	Jones	0.1	10
June 25	5:50 PM CDT	Unrated	Jones	0.8	10
June 25	6:24 PM CDT	EF0	Madison	1.4	50	$2,000
June 25	6:49 PM CDT	Unrated	Madison	0.2	30

June 28 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 28	7:44 PM CDT	Unrated	Cass	0.9	40
June 28	7:55 PM CDT	EF0	Cass	2.4	50	$1,000
June 28	8:40 PM CDT	Unrated	Cass	0.4	30
June 28	8:42 PM CDT	Unrated	Cass	0.3	20

July 15 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 15	5:37 PM CDT	EF1	Polk	6.9	300	$500,000
July 15	6:18 PM CDT	EF0	Jones	1.5	50
July 15	7:02 PM CDT	EF0	Muscatine to IL	3.0	50
July 15	7:19 PM CDT	EF1	Scott to IL	8.0	100

July 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 20	5:10 PM CDT	Unrated	O'Brien	0.6	25

August 5 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
August 5	8:07 PM CDT	Unrated	Worth	0.3	20
August 5	8:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Worth	0.1	20
August 5	8:43 PM CDT	Unrated	Worth	0.8	30
August 5	9:57 PM CDT	EF0	Winneshiek	0.3	30
August 5	10:11 PM CDT	EF0	Winneshiek	1.0	80	$5,000
August 5	10:29 PM CDT	EF1	Allamakee	3.8	50	$50,000

August 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 29	3:05 PM CDT	Unrated	Dickinson	0.8	25

November 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
November 5	11:01 AM CST	EF0	Davis	0.3	50			$120,000

Crossed into Iowa

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

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 26	3:30 PM CDT	EF4	Elkhorn tornado, NE	31.9	1,900		4
April 26	7:23 PM CDT	EF1	Worth, MO to IA	8.5	300			$200,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Iowa since 1950 Warnings in force in Iowa The 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.