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Tornado April 19, 2023 · Crawford County, Iowa

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Not rated
1.9 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 50 yards (0.03 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Storm Chasers had video of this tornado as it remained in rural areas of Crawford county between Deloit and Schleswig. The tornado did not impact any damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.

The wider storm

Early morning storms associated with a weakening low resulted in one stronger cell in central Iowa producing quarter sized hail before dawn. Later in the day, a deepening low across the central plains lifted into Iowa with storms developing along a dry line in the evening. These storms produced hail up to baseball sized, along with a brief tornado remained rural and did not cause any damage. Additional convection was reinvigorated overnight thanks to the low level et, but remained sub severe. Areas that received multiple rounds of storms saw two to three inches of much needed rain.

Began near Deloit (42.1240, -95.3766).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1089994. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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