Thunderstorm Wind in Tama County, Iowa

Thunderstorm Wind August 14, 1993 · Tama County, Iowa

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

Injuries

$5K

Damage as recorded

$50

Crop damage

NOAA’s online database has no written narrative for tornadoes before 1996 — just the numbers above, transcribed from the original storm logs. Written accounts from this era do exist in NOAA’s monthly Storm Data publications (scanned, back to 1959).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 10324260. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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