EF0 Tornado — Winneshiek, Iowa

2024-08-05 · near Bluffton, Winneshiek, Iowa

Event narrative

This brief EF-0 tornado developed about 2 miles southeast of Bluffton. It lasted for one minute, damaging several trees but causing no damage to structures.

Wider weather episode

During the evening hours on August 5th, a line of severe thunderstorms brought strong winds to portions of northeast Iowa. Additionally, an embedded supercell thunderstorm would go on to produce three tornadoes in northeast Iowa.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212819. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.