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The situation was so severe in Iowa that the weather service said it was deploying three teams from its Des Moines office to survey the tornado damage, with the results expected Wednesday night.
A tornado warning has been issued for Bellevue and areas on the Iowa-Illinois border. The warning continues until 8:30 a.m. 7:45 a.m.: Tree, power line damage reported after storms in Colfax, Iowa
From 2023: It's been a year since a tornado killed 7 people in Iowa. Take a look back at the storm. May 15, 1968: 5 dead, 156 injured in Fayette County.
April had the second-highest number of tornadoes on record in the country. Through Tuesday, there have been 859 confirmed tornadoes this year, 27% more than the U.S. sees on average, according to NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma. So far, Iowa's had the most, with 81 confirmed twisters.
The weather service's Storm Prediction Center issued a tornado watch for far western Iowa counties around 11:15 a.m. Tuesday. A second watch, issued around 1:15 p.m. covered the rest of the state.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
For less than a second, the researchers calculated wind speeds of more than 300 mph in a portion of the tornado. “This was a violent day in Iowa,” said Tim Marshall, a veteran storm chaser ...
Gilbertville-area historical tornado activity is above Iowa state average. It is 206% greater than the overall U.S. average. On May 15, 1968 , an F5 (max. wind speeds 261-318 mph) tornado 22.7 miles away from the Gilbertville city center killed 5 people and injured 156 people and caused between $5,000,000 and $50,000,000 in damages.