Tornado in Clayton County, Iowa
Tornado April 17, 2026 · Clayton County, Iowa
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 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
A local fire department provided a video of a brief tornado southeast of Postville. This tornado is not known to have encountered any damage indicators. Therefore, no numerical rating was able to be assigned to this tornado.
The wider storm
As a part of a larger tornado outbreak in the Upper Midwest, two tornadoes occurred in portions of northeast Iowa during the afternoon hours on April 17th. One of these tornadoes near Saratoga directly hit a truck and injured the occupant of the vehicle. Additionally, a couple of instances of severe hail occurred with these storms.
Began near Hardin (43.0500, -91.5200).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1329045. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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