Tornado Reports
Sort by Time Sort by Rating Sort by State Sort by County| Time | Rating | Radar | State | County | Location | Narrative |
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| 21:02Z | EF0 | KOAX | IA | Montgomery | Hawthorne | Multiple storm chasers reported a tornado northeast of Emerson that produced minor damage. |
| 21:38Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Adams | Brooks | Storm chaser video and high resolution satellite imagery both indicate a brief tornado to the southwest of Corning. The tornado remained in rural open fields and interacted with no damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| 22:01Z | EF0 | KDMX | IA | Adams | Nevinville | Storm Chaser video and high resolution satellite imagery provide solid evidence for this tornado. This tornado began just north of 150th street west of P13 and moved east northeast. It destroyed a small outbuilding shortly after developing and then remained mostly in rural cropland. It did produce some minor damage to a farmstead on the county line road before entering Union county. |
| 22:04Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Union | Cromwell | This tornado moved into Union county from Adams county. The tornado remained in rural cropland for its short path in Adams county. Not encountering any damage indicators in the county, it was rated EFU. |
| 22:26Z | EF4 | KDMX | IA | Madison | Macksburg | This is the first segment of this devastating tornado which passed through four counties including Madison, Warren, Polk and Jasper. The tornado began northwest of Macksburg in western Madision county. The tornado remained in mostly rural cropland and wooded areas of western Madison county. The tornado passed through Pammel State Park southwest of Winterset producing extensive tree damage as the tornado continued to widen into a wedge tornado. Upon exiting the park, the tornado travelled along Carver Road. Several residential homes were extensively damaged or destroyed along Carver Road and six deaths occurred along this stretch of road. The tornado was at peak intensity at this time with EF4 damage occurring west of the intersection of Carver Road and Highway 169 with a house completely destoyed and removed from the foundation. After departing the Carver Road corridor, the tornado progressed just southeast of Winterset and eventually passed east of town and crossing State Highway 92. Damage in these areas was primarily to trees and outbuildings although a few homes were also impacted with mostly EF1 to EF2 damage. From Highway 92 to where the tornado exited the county, it remained mostly in rural cropland and wooded areas with numerous trees impacted. The tornado then moved into Warren county from Madison county. |
| 22:59Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Warren | Churchville | This is a continuation of the tornado which started in Madison county and passed into Warren county. The tornado remained very broad with a maximum width of up to 500 yards at times. Video evidence supports a multi-vortex circulation with the tornado across much of Warren county. The tornado cross Interstate 35 shortly after entering the county but fortunately, no vehicles were impacted. The tornado remained in rural areas to the west southwest of Norwalk producing mostly tree and outbuilding damage. The tornado passed along the southeast edge of Norwalk producing EF0 to EF1 damage along Coolidge Street and along Highway G14 near Warrior Run Golf Course. The tornado crossed Highway 5 just west of the intersections of Highway 5 and Highway 69 approaching the southeast side of Des Moines. The tornado entered into Polk county shortly after crossing Highway 69 near the intersection of Highway 69 and Indianola Avenue. |
| 23:07Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Decatur | Leon | This tornado passed through three counties including Decatur, Wayne and Lucas. The tornado developed east of Leon in central Decatur county and headed northeast. The torndo remained in rural areas of the county for the duration of its path. Damage was primarily to broken power poles, although residential house damage was also noted. A roof was removed from a house just east of Garden Grove producing EF2 damage with other damage to nearby outbuildings also noted. The tornado exited into Wayne county just north of 140th Street. |
| 23:16Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Polk | Avon | This tornado passed from Warren county into Polk county near the intersection of Highway 69 and County Line Road. The tornado crossed E Pine Avenue removing the roof of a house and then clipped the north edge of Avon producing EF2 damage to a couple of houses. The tornado then crossed the Des Moines River and impacted the Woodland Hills neighborhood damaging muliple structures. The damage continued to the northeast into less inhabited areas of eastern Polk county, however the tornado remained strong with EF2 damage at several locations along its path. The tornado crossed University Avenue near its intersection with NE 112th Street and then exited the county into Jasper county. |
| 23:20Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Decatur | Garden Grove | Video provided by a storm chaser indicated a satellite tornado to the larger tornado which travelled through Decatur, Wayne and Lucas counties. This was the first satellite tornado with another occurring later with the larger tornado. This tornado was also observed in high resolution satellite ground imagery. The tornado impacted no damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| 23:20Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Wayne | Humeston | The tornado continued into Wayne county from Decatur county. Once again, this tornado remained in mostly rural areas of the county, bypassing Humeston just to the north. Power poles snapped along J22 west of Humeston produced EF2 damage and there was damage to outbuildings just north of Humeston along Highway 65. However, the bulk of the path interacted with either empty cropland or woodland areas with numerous trees being toppled. The tornado passsed into Lucas county after crossing Watrous Road east of 70th Street. |
| 23:23Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Wayne | Humeston | This tornado crossed into Wayne county from Decatur county. This tornado was documented by a storm chaser and also from high resolution satellite imagery. The short path in this county did not impact any damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| 23:28Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Lucas | Derby | Video from a storm chaser documented this tornado. This was a second satellite tornado to a larger tornado which had an earlier satellite tornado in Decatur and Wayne counties. This tornado remained in southern rural Lucas county and did not impact any damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| 23:30Z | EFU | KDMX | IA | Lucas | Derby | This tornado moved into Lucas county from Wayne county. This portion of the tornado was documented via video from storm chasers and high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado had no documented interaction with damage indicators, hence the EFU rating. |
| 23:33Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Jasper | Vandalia | The tornado moved into Jasper county from Polk county. The tornado remained largely in rural areas for much of its path across Jasper county. Despite its rural venture, the tornado impacted several residences in western Jasper county producing several areas of EF2 damage. The tornado did pass not far from the southeast side of Colfax damaging structures near the intersection of Highway 117 and S 44th Avenue West. The tornado crossed Interstate 80 east of Colfax near mile marker 160 and then proceeded towards Newton, grazing both the communities of Lambs Grove and Newton on the north sides. Most of the damage was to trees and minor damage to structures including loss of shingles and broken windows. The tornado did remove about a 100 foot segment of the roof of the former TPI Composites Plant northeast of Newton with the tornado dissipating shortly thereafter. In all, the tornado had a path length of just over 70 miles and passed through four counties including Madison, Warren, Polk and Jasper. The six deaths were the most by a tornado in Iowa since the Parkersburg tornado in May of 2008. The damage was into the hundreds of millions of dollars. |
| 23:33Z | EF3 | KDMX | IA | Lucas | Derby | This tornado formed as two other tornadoes dissipated in southern Lucas county. The tornado moved to the northeast across rural areas of southern into central Lucas county primarily in wooded areas and cropland with little damage. Of note however, was a satellite tornado observed in chasing video (in seperate Storm Data entry) which developed north of the main tornado and moved south toward the main circulation, doing a complete revolution around the main tornado before being absorbed. Shortly afterwards, the tornado crossed State Highway 14 south of Chariton destroying a conservation center which was rated EF3. The tornado continued to the northeast removing a roof from a house along 235th Trail and passed through an open field before entering Red Haw State Park. The tornado ripped through a campground in the park with one fatality and one injury occurring. The tornado exited the park and crossed Highway 34 east of Chariton with numerous outbuildings and power poles damage or destroyed. The tornado then remained in rural wooded areas and cropland for the rest of its path with little additional damage noted. |
| 23:38Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Wayne | Allerton | This tornado formed southwest of Allerton and moved northeast snapping power poles along Idaho Road before clipping the southeast edge of Allerton. A manufactured house had its roof removed on the edge of town with the tornado snapping power poles and a back stop at a park on the east side of town. The tornado then remained in rural areas of central Wayne county with little damage noted. The circulation stayed just southeast of Corydon but did destroy a machine shed along Highway 2 east of town. The tornado continued northeast before dissipating north of Newton Road west of 180th Street. |
| 23:40Z | EF0 | KDMX | IA | Lucas | Chariton | This was a satellite tornado which formed near the tornado which went on to impact areas just south and east of Chariton, Iowa. This satellite tornado was captured on video by storm chasers and left a path observed in high resolution satellite imagery. This tornado developed north of the main tornado and travelled due west before turning ninety degrees to the south with movement toward the main circulation. The tornado did a full revolution around the main tornado before being absorbed into the overall circulation. There was some tree damage associated with the satellite tornado but otherwise did not impact any other structures. |
| 00:04Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Jasper | Kellogg | This tornado developed from the same supercell that produced the Winterset to Newton tornado. It remained in rural areas of central and eastern Jasper county downing power poles and trees along its path. Machine sheds were destroyed at a residence along East 116th Street North with additional damage to outbuildings along East 132nd Street North. The tornado passed just west and north of the hamlet of Newburg before exiting the county into Poweshiek county just south of North 99th Avenue East. |
| 00:21Z | EF1 | KDMX | IA | Poweshiek | Chester Center | This tornado moved into Poweshiek county from Jasper county. The tornado remained in rural areas of the far northwest corner of the county mostly impacted empty cropland. There was some tree damage at a farm along 20th street and another farm on State Highway 146, otherwise very little additional damage occurred in the county. The tornado exited into Tama county shortly after crossing Highway 146. |
| 00:26Z | EF0 | KDMX | IA | Tama | Montour | The tornado entered into Tama county from Poweshiek county. Tree damage occurred at both D and E Avenue residences with moderate to large branches downed. The tornado dissipated near Highway E69 just east of E avenue. |
| 00:33Z | EF2 | KDMX | IA | Tama | Tama Arpt | This tornado was the next in a series of tornadoes from the same supercell which tracked across central Iowa on this day. It formed southwest of the intersection of 370th Street and H Avenue and moved northeast. While remaining mostly over cropland and wooded areas, the tornado did impact a couple different residences with EF1 damage to outbuildings along Highway 63 south of Tama and then EF2 damage to a house on Highway E64 southeast of Tama where the roof was removed. Several cars were also tossed around at this location. The tornado then moved into the Iowa River valley producing tree damage with the tornado dissipating just shy of Highway 30 near P Avenue. |
| 01:10Z | EF1 | KDMX | IA | Benton | Garrison | A tornado developed about 2.5 miles southwest of Vinton Saturday evening, and tracked northeast through the northwest portion of Vinton, before lifting northeast of town. The tornado was on the ground for about 16 minutes, along a 14 mile path. The maximum tornado width was about 400 yards. The tornado was rated a strong EF-1, with maximum estimated winds around 110 mph. Southwest of Vinton, the tornado snapped numerous power poles and damaged trees and outbuildings. In northwest Vinton, the tornado damaged numerous structures, including mobile homes, houses, and wood frame metal buildings in an industrial park. Numerous residents of the mobile home park that was impacted went to the designated storm shelter built by the city of Vinton. Outdoor warning sirens were activated 3 times before the tornado moved into far northwest Vinton. There were no reported injuries or fatalities. The tornado continued northeast through rural areas, causing tree and outbuilding damage. |
| 02:37Z | EF1 | KDVN | IA | Scott | West Lake Park | An EF-1 tornado produced intermittent damage along a roughly 4 mile path. The peak estimated winds were 90 to 95 MPH with a maximum width of 300 yards. The most significant damage was noted at a farmstead on 160th Street, east of 100th Avenue, where several outbuildings were damage or destroyed, and trees were damaged or snapped. Boards were also impaled into the roof and walls of a barn. Additional damage was noted at a farmstead on Utah Avenue north of Duck Creek. Several outbuildings were damaged with some losing roof panels and damaging other structures. Tree damage was noted with several trees uprooted or snapped. A wood plank was driven into the ground. Primarily intermittent tree damage was noted along the remainder of the track, with large branches down or trees snapped. |
| 02:37Z | EF0 | KDVN | IA | Scott | Blue Grass | A NWS Storm Survey found that a brief weak tornado damaged a shed and some trees. The peak estimated wind speed is 65 MPH. |
| 03:13Z | EF1 | KDVN | IL | Whiteside | Erie | An EF1 tornado tracked across rural Whiteside County. Max wind speeds were estimated at 90-95 MPH. Damage to trees and farm sheds were found along the 4 mile long path. The tornado was 50 yards at it widest. |
| 03:48Z | EF1 | KMKX | WI | Dane | Hanerville | The tornado path started to the southeast of the town of Dunkirk in Dane County. This tornado went through a farm and destroyed a tobacco barn, part of a silo and peeled back sheet metal on a few buildings on the grounds. This sheet metal was noted to have been lofted to locations nearly a mile away. A few other structures had structural damage to them along the path. |
| 04:11Z | EF0 | KILX | IL | Mason | Biggs | A tornado touched down 4.4 miles northeast of Kilbourne at 10:11pm CST. It tracked northeastward, knocking over 6 irrigation systems and damaging several trees before dissipating 1 mile east of Easton at 10:19pm CST. |
| 04:57Z | EF1 | KILX | IL | Montgomery | Waggoner | A brief tornado touched down on the evening of March 5th, 2022 just south of Farmersville, IL. The tornado first touched down near East 2nd Road, where it did damage to a one story residence. At this location, the tornado ripped the roof off the garage of a home and the awning off the front porch. The tornado continued northeast, doing some minor damage to a farm building just west of Interstate 55. As it crossed Interstate 55, it blew over a semi truck on the highway. The tornado continued east of Interstate 55, doing substantial damage to some large farm buildings along Morrisonville Avenue and East 4th Road. From there, the tornado began to weaken as it struck a newly constructed hog farm along East 5th Road, before quickly lifting near Macoupin Creek. Overall, the tornado was rated EF-1 with a path length of 3.89 miles and a max path width of 40 yards. No deaths or injuries were reported. |
| 07:05Z | EF0 | KIWX | IN | Cass | Lake Cicott | A tornado briefly touched down south of the intersection of W CR 400 N and N CR 925 W causing damage to some trees as well as a house chimney. The tornado moved quickly northeast and ripped off a enclosed porch from a residence at the intersection of W CR 400 N and N CR 900 W, throwing it around 175 feet over the house. Some trees were damaged on the property with a hanging shed door being blown off (east facing) due to intrusion of wind on the south side from a broken window and open door. Vehicles in the shed were not damaged. An empty silo to the north of the house was thrown along the road with debris into the adjacent field (this was straight line wind related). The debris ended out in the open field on the NE side of the intersection noted above. A pine tree on the SE side of the intersection was also snapped and thrown into this same field from the SW. |
| 09:21Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Darke | Frenchtown | The first signs of damage with the tornado occurred near the intersection of OH-185 and Conover Road, where minor damage to a few trees and homes occurred. The tornado moved east-northeast and caused more significant damage to a few properties on Versailles Yorkshire Road, just south of Burns Road. At one property, two large barns were leveled and roof damage was observed to other structures. A home on the southeast corner of the Versailles Yorkshire Road and Burns Road intersection had a small amount of roofing material removed, along with more extensive shingle damage and a few trees uprooted. A car at this property was moved from its parked position and a piece of plywood was embedded under the hood.||Continuing to the east-northeast, two properties on the north side of Burns Road sustained damage, along with numerous trees that were downed in a small stand of hardwoods. There was quite a bit of roof damage to outbuildings at these properties along with some minor damage to more well-built structures. One home had a notable amount of mud splatter on a south-facing garage door. Eyewitness reports and photography indicated that debris from these locations traveled over a quarter mile across the open fields.||Damage was also observed at a cluster of homes on Reed Road, just north of Burns Road. Most of the structural damage here was minor, primarily limited to fascia and siding. At least 20 to 30 trees in this area sustained damage with some of them uprooted and numerous others with large limbs snapped off. Debris from this cluster of properties was observed along a treeline across Reed Road to the east.||Additional minor tree damage occurred on Cramer Road. The last visible damage from this tornado occurred in a treeline south of Murphy Road along Swamp Creek, where a few large limbs were downed. |
| 09:23Z | EF0 | KILN | OH | Shelby | Russia | Although there were some very minor signs of damage on Studer Road, the first notable damage associated with this tornado occurred at a property on the east side of Marshall Road, where one tree was damaged and part of a barn roof was removed. On the west side of Darke Shelby Road, a house had a loss of some shingles and gutters, with at least a dozen trees damaged or uprooted. On the east side of this road, another home had some minor roof damage and a few trees were downed. A barn just north of this home was leveled, with sheet metal from the barn thrown downstream over a tenth of a mile.||At a property on the west side of Simon Road, several structures were damaged and parts of two barn roofs were removed. Another barn was partially collapsed. On Miller Road, one house had a large number of shingles removed. Across Miller Road to the east, a large concrete silo was downed into a barn. Some tree damage was noted in a stand of trees east of Miller Road and south of Redmond Road.||The last visible damage occurred at a property north of Redmond Road, just west of Walzer Road. A barn at this property had a portion of the roof removed from the north facing section of the roof. At least two windows were blown out from the west side of another building at this property. No additional damage was observed east of Walzer Road. |
Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).