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Tornado in Buchanan County, Iowa

Tornado July 14, 2021 · Buchanan County, Iowa

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Not rated

0.1 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Brief touchdown in a field with no visible damage.

The wider storm

Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of an approaching cold front during the afternoon and evening of Wednesday, July 14. Some of the storms produced damaging winds and numerous tornadoes. Brief torrential rainfall was also observed with the stronger storm cells. The areas that were hit hardest were in Buchanan, Delaware, Benton, Linn, and Jones counties in IA, where a total of 14 tornadoes occurred. 7 of the tornadoes had no visible damage.

Began near Aurora (42.5800, -91.7200).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

12 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Jones County EF1 Jones County EF1 Jones County EF1 Delaware County EF1 Benton County EF0 Buchanan County EFU Benton County EFU Benton County EFU Benton County EFU Linn County EFU Linn County EFU Delaware County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 964226. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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