EF0 tornado in Plymouth County, Iowa
Tornado October 4, 2013 · Plymouth County, Iowa
NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Dakota County, Nebraska → Union County, South Dakota → Union County, South Dakota → Plymouth County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.
The path drawn at its surveyed width of 400 yards (0.23 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 tornado crossed the Big Sioux River into Plymouth County from Union County in South Dakota. The tornado caused no reported damage in Plymouth County before dissipating.
The wider storm
Thunderstorms produced eleven tornadoes, several of them causing damage, which tracked wholly or partly in northwest Iowa during the afternoon and early evening of October 4th. There were also two reports of large hail and one report of non tornadic damaging thunderstorm winds.
Began near Millnerville (42.6330, -96.5190).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
10 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 475789. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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