EF1 tornado in Howard County, Iowa
Tornado April 12, 2022 · Howard County, Iowa
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Mitchell County → Howard County → Howard County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 325 yards (0.18 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
This EF1 tornado moved into Howard County south of Riceville and moved to the northeast before dissipating southeast of Riceville. Damage was mainly limited to trees.
The wider storm
Severe storms moved across northeast Iowa during the evening of April 12th. These storms produced five tornadoes and damaging wind gusts as high as 72 mph in Nora Springs (Floyd County). EF1 tornadoes occurred near Brownville (Mitchell County) and south of Riceville in both Mitchell and Howard Counties with both tornadoes damaging farm buildings and trees. EF0 tornadoes touched down in northern Floyd County into southern Mitchell County west of Orchard, near Saratoga (Howard County), and close to Ridgeway (Winneshiek County) with damage limited to trees and a few farm buildings. The Governor of Iowa issued a disaster proclamation for Howard, Mitchell, and Winneshiek Counties.
Began near Riceville (43.3280, -92.5543).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1018720. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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