EF1 Tornado — Benton, Iowa

2025-07-11 · near Keystone, Benton, Iowa

Event narrative

An EF-1 tornado with peak winds of 105 mph hit a farm outbuilding around 320 PM. The path continued through corn hitting a house, snapping some trees and destroying a garage at the end of its 3.8 mile long and 20 yard wide path. The peak estimated winds were 105 MPH.

Wider weather episode

On July 11th, a line of severe thunderstorms moved across eastern Iowa and produced damaging straight-line winds, tornadoes and heavy rain. Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches fell in a few hours across the Quad Cities, on top of heavy rain from the previous night and caused major flash flooding in Davenport. A Considerable Flash Flood warning was issued at 5:26 PM followed by a Flash Flood Emergency at 6:16 PM.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1281849. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.