Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Cedar County, Iowa, May 8, 1988

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length7 mi

Width90 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.70, -91.17) to the end point (41.77, -91.07), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 8, 1988, 2:37 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Iowa
Counties: Cedar County
Path: 7 miles long, up to 90 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 8, 1988

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 8, 1988	F3	Iowa	32 mi	150 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F3	Wisconsin	16 mi	123 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Iowa	47 mi	43 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Iowa	71 mi	60 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Iowa	59 mi	60 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Iowa	36 mi	60 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	27 mi	800 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	10 mi	40 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	7.5 mi	200 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	20 mi	150 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	7 mi	100 yd	1
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	27 mi	173 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F2	Wisconsin	13 mi	250 yd	2
May 8, 1988	F2	Illinois	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	11 mi	30 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	2 mi	30 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	2 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	6 mi	40 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	1.5 mi	33 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	1.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	10 mi	40 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	1 mi	30 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Iowa	11 mi	43 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	1.5 mi	30 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	10 mi	40 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	33 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	9 mi	100 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	0.3 mi	10 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	1.2 mi	30 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	0.2 mi	50 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	0.2 mi	13 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	0.8 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	5 mi	73 yd	1
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	2 mi	73 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	0.7 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	5 mi	73 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	1.1 mi	40 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	1 mi	10 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Wisconsin	5 mi	100 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	0.5 mi	50 yd	2
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	18 mi	60 yd	1
May 8, 1988	F1	Illinois	2 mi	40 yd	3
May 8, 1988	F1	Arkansas	0.2 mi	30 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Iowa	0.5 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	13 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Wisconsin	1 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Wisconsin	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Wisconsin	0.1 mi	20 yd	0
May 8, 1988	F0	Illinois	0.5 mi	50 yd	0

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.