F3 Tornado — Harrison, Iowa

1999-05-16 · near Missouri Vly, Harrison, Iowa

Event narrative

The stronger of the 2 tornadoes that ripped through Harrison county the afternoon of 5/16/99 killed 2 people and destroyed 6 homes and a bridge before it dissipated a couple of miles east of Logan. A family of 5 leaving a high school graduation party encountered the tornado on a road around 6 miles northeast of Missouri Valley and took cover in a ditch about the time the path of the tornado widened to a quarter mile. Two of them were killed after their car and a 3-ton combine head were thrown on them. There were also numerous flipped or smashed vehicles in this area.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 5697090. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.