Worth County, Iowa
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1952 and 2025, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
24
Tornado reports
94
Hail reports
48
Floods since 1996
513
All events
3
Deaths
$34.1M
Property damage
Tornado paths in Worth County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 24 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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Year by year
All storm eventsTornadoes
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Tornado F4 Tornado
Area observations recorded visibility under one quarter mile overnight and through the morning.
Hail Hail
Delayed report, time estimated by radar.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Personal weather station reported gust.
Hail Hail
Delayed report of quarter sized hail and strong winds. No significant damage.
Blizzard Blizzard
High Wind High Wind
Blizzard Blizzard
High Wind High Wind
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Several trees down. Time estimate by radar.
Tornado EFU Tornado
A brief tornado observed by spotters with track found in high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado remained in rural cropland with no impacts to damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.
Tornado EFU Tornado
A brief tornado observed by spotters with track found in high resolution satellite imagery. The tornado remained in rural cropland with no impacts to damage indicators, hence the EFU rating.
Tornado EFU Tornado
A brief tornado observed by spotters with track found in high resolution satellite imagery. This tornado had a looping track with the actual path length of nearly 1.6 miles instead of the 0.84 straight line distance provided by Storm Data. The tornado remained in rural cropland w…
Flash Flood Flash Flood
Emergency manager reported many areas in western Worth county where water scoured gravel roads during the overnight hours.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Mesonet reported 2.68 inches of rain.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
Public report via social media of 3.18 inches of rain overnight.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Reports of trees and powerlines down in Northwood. Time of occurrence estimated from radar.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Public reported damage to grain bins and trees.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Trained spotter reported downed trees along Highway 105, 1 mile west of Northwood.
Drought Drought
Ample rainfall during the spring continued across Worth County into second half of May with severe drought conditions ending.
Drought Drought
Despite an increase in rainfall, the long duration of the drought kept severe drought conditions over Worth County through the end of April.
Drought Drought
Precipitation during the month of March did increase across Worth county but amounts were still mostly below normal, hence the continuation of severe drought conditions.
Drought Drought
Above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation allowed severe to extreme drought conditions to persist across Worth county.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Blizzard Blizzard
Drought Drought
Severe to extreme drought persisted in Worth county during January with temperatures remaining above normal and near normal precipitation.
Drought Drought
Severe to extreme drought conditions remained across Worth county through December with above normal temperatures continuing. Rainfall was around normal but did little to alleviate the dry conditions.
Drought Drought
Severe to Extreme drought conditions persisted in Worth county for the duration of November given lack of rain and above normal temperatures.
Drought Drought
Severe to extreme drought conditons maintained a presence in Worth county during the month of October. Temperatures remained above normal during the month with near normal rainfall although longer range precipitation remains well below normal.
Drought Drought
Widespread severe to extreme drought persisted in Worth county during September given the above normal temperatures and below normal precipitation.
Drought Drought
Severe to Extreme drought affected Worth County as above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall occurred during August.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
Blizzard Blizzard
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
CoCoRaHS station in Grafton reported a 24 hour rain total of 3.30 inches.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A personal weather station recorded a 24 hour rainfall total of 6.46 inches. 5.76 inches of that fell after midnight and it was raining at the time of this report.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A personal weather station recorded a 24 hour rainfall total of 6.55 inches. Of that, 5.94 inches fell after midnight and it was still raining at the time of the report.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.64 inches.
Heavy Rain Heavy Rain
A 24 hour rainfall total of 4.01 inches.
Hail Hail
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1 |
| 2021 | 23 | 2 |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 15 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 0 |
| 2017 | 22 | 0 |
| 2016 | 24 | 0 |
| 2015 | 12 | 0 |
| 2014 | 4 | 0 |
| 2013 | 34 | 0 |
| 2012 | 11 | 0 |
| 2011 | 24 | 0 |
| 2010 | 7 | 0 |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008 | 18 | 2 |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 |
| 2006 | 16 | 0 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 |
| 2004 | 27 | 0 |
| 2003 | 8 | 0 |
| 2002 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 20 | 0 |
| 1999 | 16 | 1 |
| 1998 | 16 | 1 |
| 1997 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 21 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 4 | 0 |
| 1987 | 2 | 0 |
| 1986 | 2 | 0 |
| 1985 | 1 | 0 |
| 1984 | 5 | 2 |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 |
| 1980 | 3 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 5 | 1 |
| 1971 | 3 | 1 |
| 1967 | 4 | 4 |
| 1965 | 1 | 1 |
| 1964 | 2 | 2 |
| 1952 | 1 | 1 |
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