Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F2 tornado, Story County, Iowa, May 31, 1959
RatingF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length17 mi
Width440 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.05, -93.43) to the end point (42.22, -93.18), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 31, 1959, 1:15 AM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F2
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- Story County
- Path
- 17 miles long, up to 440 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.