Iowa Tornado Statistics
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2022 Iowa Tornadoes
The 2022 tornado season started off early, and active. On March 5, 2022, 15 tornadoes spawned across the state of Iowa, with the strongest being an EF-4 tornado near Winterset, Iowa. Unfortunately, this tornado caused six fatalities and injured five. This was also the first EF-4 tornado in Iowa since 2013, and one of the longest tornadoes in path in over 40 years. This tornado was on the ground for a little over 70 miles. About a month later, on April 12th, 13 more tornadoes spun up across northern Iowa. Most of these tornadoes were EF-0 to EF-1 in strength, with a couple in the EF-2 category. The prime tornado season in Iowa (May and June) was very quiet, with only 4 tornadoes occurring between the two months. Only a half a dozen more tornadoes occurred in July, with the last tornado of the 2022 season occurring on August 20th in Jones county.
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Out of the 42 tornadoes to occur in 2022, there were 10 EFU (Unknowns), 11 EF-0, 13 EF-1, six EF-2, one EF-3, and one EF-4. Most of the tornadoes that occurred in 2022, occurred between 5PM and 11PM.
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Date | Time (CDT/CST) | Counties | EF Rating | Path Length |
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3/5/2022 | 3:02 PM – 3:02 PM | Montgomery | EF0 | 0.01 mi |
3/5/2022 | 3:38 PM – 3:40 PM | Adams | EFU | 1.48 mi |
3/5/2022 | 4:01 PM – 4:05 PM | Adams/Union | EF0 | 2.84 mi |
3/5/2022 | 4:26 PM – 6:00 PM | Madison/Warren/Polk/Jasper | EF4 | 70.57 mi |
3/5/2022 | 5:07 PM – 5:33 PM | Decatur/Wayne/Lucas | EF2 | 19.42 mi |
3/5/2022 | 5:20 PM – 5:24 PM | Decatur/Wayne | EFU | 2.07 mi |
3/5/2022 | 5:28 PM – 5:33 PM | Lucas | EFU | 2.07 mi |
3/5/2022 | 5:33 PM – 5:53 PM | Lucas | EF3 | 11.28 mi |
3/5/2022 | 5:38 PM – 5:51 PM | Wayne | EF2 | 9.87 mi |
3/5/2022 | 5:40 PM – 5:42 PM | Lucas | EF0 | 0.65 mi |
3/5/2022 | 6:04 PM – 6:28 PM | Jasper/Poweshiek/Tama | EF2 | 17.31 mi |
3/5/2022 | 6:33 PM – 6:42 PM | Tama | EF2 | 8.54 mi |
3/5/2022 | 7:10 PM – 7:26 PM | Benton | EF1 | 14.04 mi |
3/5/2022 | 8:37 PM – 8:38 PM | Scott | EF0 | 0.12 mi |
3/5/2022 | 8:37 PM – 8:41 PM | Scott | EF1 | 4.16 mi |
4/12/2022 | 6:15 PM – 6:33 PM | Pocahontas | EF2 | 7.43 mi |
4/12/2022 | 6:28 PM – 6:37 PM | Humboldt | EF1 | 4.61 mi |
4/12/2022 | 6:39 PM – 6:50 PM | Humboldt | EF2 | 5.55 mi |
4/12/2022 | 7:33 PM – 7:36 PM | Hancock | EF0 | 1.66 mi |
4/12/2022 | 9:08 PM – 9:18 PM | Harrison | EF1 | 9.55 mi |
4/12/2022 | 9:25 PM – 9:28 PM | Harrison | EF1 | 2.30 mi |
4/12/2022 | 10:26 PM – 10:32 PM | Cerro Gordo | EF1 | 4.56 mi |
4/12/2022 | 10:34 PM – 10:36 PM | Worth | EF1 | 1.20 mi |
4/12/2022 | 10:41 PM – 10:48 PM | Floyd/Mitchell | EF0 | 8.17 mi |
4/12/2022 | 10:57 PM – 11:00 PM | Mitchell | EF1 | 2.83 mi |
4/12/2022 | 10:57 PM – 11:09 PM | Mitchell/Howard | EF1 | 9.23 mi |
4/12/2022 | 11:10 PM – 11:16 PM | Howard | EF0 | 4.69 mi |
4/12/2022 | 11:36 PM – 11:37 PM | Winneshiek | EF0 | 0.61 mi |
4/23/2022 | 6:21 PM – 6:32 PM | Polk/Boone/Story | EF1 | 9.09 mi |
4/23/2022 | 6:23 PM – 6:28 PM | Polk/Boone | EFU | 3.93 mi |
4/23/2022 | 6:24 PM – 6:27 PM | Polk | EF0 | 2.43 mi |
5/12/2022 | 7:01 PM – 7:02 PM | Woodbury | EFU | 0.08 mi |
5/30/2022 | 2:17 AM – 2:19 AM | Lyon | EF1 | 1.94 mi |
5/30/2022 | 2:21 AM – 2:22 AM | Lyon | EF0 | 0.54 mi |
6/15/2022 | 12:18 AM – 12:25 AM | Pottawattamie | EF1 | 2.38 mi |
7/5/2022 | 5:37 PM – 5:42 PM | Emmet | EF0 | 1.69 mi |
7/5/2022 | 8:44 PM – 8:46 PM | Buchanan | EFU | 1.37 mi |
7/5/2022 | 9:00 PM – 9:01 PM | Buchanan | EFU | 0.67 mi |
7/7/2022 | 2:32 PM – 2:34 PM | Carroll | EFU | 0.36 mi |
7/7/2022 | 5:17 PM – 5:19 PM | Hardin | EFU | 0.33 mi |
7/23/2022 | 11:44 PM – 11:46 PM | Allamakee | EF1 | 1.46 mi |
8/20/2022 | 12:20 PM – 12:31 PM | Jones | EFU | 0.15 mi |