Tornado in Buchanan County, Iowa
Tornado July 5, 2022 · Buchanan County, Iowa
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 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
Video from a Winthrop Fire Department Spotter captured a brief tornado just west of Winthrop. The tornado occurred in open farm land, and there was no observable damage to assign an EF-scale rating. Time estimated by radar. Assistance from Buchanan County Emergency Management is greatly appreciated.
The wider storm
A line of showers and thunderstorms tracked east across Iowa Tuesday afternoon and evening bringing damaging wind, occasional lightning, and heavy rain to eastern IA and northwest IL. The strongest reported winds of 60-70 mph, occurred in Buchanan and Linn counties. These winds brought down trees and powerlines as they moved through in the evening.
A brief tornado occurred during the evening hours just southeast of Fairbank in an open field. Another brief tornado occurred just west of Winthrop IA in an open field. Since no visible damage was observed with either tornado, they were assigned an EF-U rating. The NWS would like to thank Buchanan County Emergency Management for assistance with the storm survey.
Began near Winthrop (42.4764, -91.7577).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1043215. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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