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EF1 tornado in Jackson County, Iowa

Tornado June 25, 2024 · Jackson County, Iowa

EF1
Rating
0.9 mi
Path length
50 yd
Path width
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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.

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

An EF1 tornado developed about 2 miles northeast of Spragueville in Jackson County Iowa Tuesday evening. The tornado damaged a barn and trees at a farmstead, then continued south/southwest before hitting another farmstead. The tornado caused significant damage to a large outbuilding, then lifted in crop land. Maximum winds were estimated around 100 mph, and the path width was an estimated 50 yards. The tornado path length was nearly one mile. This was likely a landspout, or non-supercell tornado.

The wider storm

Numerous slow-moving storms occurred on the afternoon of June 25, lasting into the evening. These storms quickly became strong to severe, with multiple becoming supercells, which ended up producing locally heavy rainfall, damaging winds, large hail, and four tornadoes that were generally weak, but still capable of damage. Winds were generally 60 mph or greater with the stronger storms, with a corridor of winds greater than 65 mph. These thunderstorms remained nearly stationary in areas, resulting in nearly 2 to 4 inches of quick rainfall and flash flooding.

Began near Van Buren (42.0910, -90.4020).

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 1190605. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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