Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Union County, Iowa, March 29, 1979
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries4
Length57 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (40.77, -94.38) to the end point (41.37, -93.63), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- March 29, 1979, 7:05 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- Union County, Madison County, Warren County
- Near the path
- Truro, Diagonal, Thayer (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 57 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 4 injuries
Other tornadoes on March 29, 1979
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 1979 | F4 | Missouri, Iowa | 18.8 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 20 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F3 | Iowa | 29.6 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F2 | Oklahoma | 2 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F2 | Iowa | 9.3 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F1 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F0 | Texas | 0.1 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F0 | Kansas | 2.6 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 29, 1979 | F0 | Colorado | 0.2 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.