Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F4 tornado, Union County, Iowa, May 27, 1995

RatingF4

Deaths0

Injuries2

Length57 mi

Width500 yd

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Map

Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.07, -94.42) to the end point (41.77, -94.15), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 27, 1995, 6:55 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F4
States: Iowa
Counties: Union County, Adair County, Guthrie County, Dallas County
Path: 57 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 2 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 27, 1995

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Injuries
May 27, 1995	F4	Iowa	36 mi	400 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F4	Iowa	30 mi	250 yd	1
May 27, 1995	F3	Missouri, Iowa	30.4 mi	150 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F2	Iowa	22.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F1	Illinois	8 mi	120 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F1	Iowa	2.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F1	Missouri	4 mi	400 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F1	Iowa	4 mi	40 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F1	Iowa	5.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	23 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Nebraska	0.5 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Nebraska	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Missouri	4 mi	30 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Missouri	4.5 mi	40 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.5 mi	50 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Missouri	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	50 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Indiana	0.5 mi	100 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Missouri	0.2 mi	20 yd	0
May 27, 1995	F0	Iowa	0.2 mi	23 yd	0

Nearby

Tornado history nearby

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