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EF1 tornado in Hamilton County, Iowa

Tornado May 24, 2024 · Hamilton County, Iowa

EF1

Rating

2.9 mi

Path length

75 yd

Path width

$80K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF1 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF1 is moderate damage: roofs badly stripped, mobile homes pushed off foundations or overturned, windows broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 86–110 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter reported damage on both sides of Interstate 35 in conjunction with this tornado. The tornado also tossed over 2 semis that were on the interstate. A hog confinement building was partially destroyed providing the EF1 damage.

The wider storm

A strong QLCS moved across central Iowa during the early morning hours of May 24 producing widespread wind damage and five tornadoes.

Began near Ellsworth (42.3654, -93.5889).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Boone County EF0 Dallas County EF0 Polk County EF0 Warren County EF0 Polk County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1172277. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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