Tornado in Jones County, Iowa
Tornado April 14, 2026 · Jones County, Iowa
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 10 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.
What the National Weather Service wrote
An EFU tornado confirmed based on multiple chaser videos and spotter reports. No known damage along its 2.6 mile path. Tornado path determined by radar and video evidence.
The wider storm
Significant severe storms on the afternoon and evening of April 14th brought numerous reports of large hail, damaging wind, and multiple tornadoes. The U.S. Hwy 20 corridor saw a long lived supercell that producing large hail (up to baseball size), damaging wind (88 mph gust at the Dubuque Airport), and several tornadoes. Additional storms developed further south between I-80 and Hwy 20 that brought large hail and a photogenic tornado near Onslow, IA.
More storms quickly followed overnight and again on the next day, April 15th, bringing heavy rain, large hail, and isolated wind damage. Rainfall amounts over 1.5 were common north of I-80, with the highest totals over 3.5 seen in northwest IL. This caused a mudslide on Hwy 84 in Carroll County closing the road for an extended period of time.
Began near Onslow (42.0900, -91.0500).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
2 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1328428. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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