IOWA, USA — The National Weather Service says 19 tornadoes hit central Iowa on Friday, April 26.
Six of them were rated as EF-1 and another six were EF-2.
On their website, NWS wrote, "Teams continue to evaluate damage. Additional tornado tracks and rating will be added in the coming days. A final tornado count will take days to a few weeks as we review radar data, examine hi-res satellite imagery, and look at videos."
The National Weather Service field office in Omaha also confirmed multiple tornadoes in Pottawattamie County, in western Iowa.
Gov. Kim Reynolds has issued a Disaster Proclamation for the following counties: Clarke, Crawford, Harrison, Mills, Polk, Ringgold, Shelby and Union.
List of tornadoes and ratings from April 26, 2024
- Creston #1 (Union County)
- EF-2
- 6:52-7:08 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 125 mph
- Path Length: 8.41 miles
- Creston #2 (Union County)
- EF-1
- 7:14-7:19 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 100 mph
- Path Length: 2.86 mph
- Afton East (Union County)
- EF-2
- 7:19-7:46 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 130 mph
- Path Length: 13.91
- Afton West (Union County)
- EF-2
- 7:52-8:01 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 125 mph
- Path Length: 6.23 miles
- Mount Ayr (Ringgold County)
- EF-1
- 7:36-7:53 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 110 mph
- Path Length: 11.74
- Tingley (Ringgold County)
- EF-2
- 8:19-8:36 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 120 mph
- Path Length: 10.31 miles
- Maffit (Madison County)
- EF-0
- 8:20-8:28 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 80 mph
- Path Length: 3.66 miles
- Osceola (Clarke County)
- EF-2
- 8:31-8:42 a.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 135 mph
- Path Length: 5.85 miles
- Pleasant Hill (Polk County)
- EF-2
- 8:50-9:02 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 125 mph
- Path Length: 7.69 miles
- Monroe (Jasper County)
- EF-1
- 9:42-9:50 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~105 mph
- Path Length: 4.13
- Manilla #1 (Shelby into Crawford Counties)
- EF-2
- 6:38-6:44 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 112 mph
- Path Length: 9.24 miles
- Manilla #2 (Shelby into Crawford Counties)
- EF-2
- 6:51-7:08 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~107 mph
- Path Length: 12.32 miles
- Buck Grove (Crawford County)
- EF-Unknown
- 6:31-6:34 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: Unknown
- Path Length: 2.02 miles
- Redding (Ringgold County)
- EF-1
- 7:27-7:41 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~110 mph
- Path Length: 7.31 miles
- 12 Mile Lake (Union County)
- EF-1
- 7:38-7:54 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 100 mph
- Path Length: 9.67 miles
- Beaconsfield (Ringgold County)
- EF-1
- 7:50-8:08 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: ~ 110 mph
- Path Length: 9.08 miles
- East Peru (Madison County)
- EF-Unknown
- 7:57-7:58 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: Unknown
- Path Length: 0.56 miles
- Patterson (Madison County)
- EF-Unknown
- 8:16-8:18 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: Unknown
- Path Length: 0.95 miles
- Reasnor (Jasper County)
- EF-Unknown
- 9:55-9:58 p.m.
- Estimated Peak Winds: Unknown
- Path Length: 1.66 miles