Tornado record · Original Fujita scale

F2 tornado, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, May 16, 1999

RatingF2

Deaths0

Injuries0

Length5 mi

Width120 yd

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Path

The path

Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.20, -95.58) to the end point (41.28, -95.55), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.

The record

Date: May 16, 1999, 4:14 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
Rating: F2
States: Iowa
Counties: Pottawattamie County
Path: 5 miles long, up to 120 yards wide
Casualties: 0 deaths, 0 injuries

Same day

Other tornadoes on May 16, 1999

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	State	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 16, 1999	F3	Iowa	6.2 mi	200 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F3	Iowa	7.5 mi	440 yd	2	16
May 16, 1999	F2	Iowa	22.5 mi	90 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F1	Iowa	2 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F1	Kansas	2.5 mi	100 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F1	Kansas	2 mi	440 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F1	Iowa	1.2 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F1	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Nebraska, Iowa	2 mi	60 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.2 mi	n/a	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Iowa	1 mi	80 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Kansas	n/a	n/a	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Colorado	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Texas	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Kansas	n/a	n/a	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Kansas	4 mi	110 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Colorado	0.2 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Texas	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.3 mi	n/a	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Kansas	10 mi	110 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Iowa	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 16, 1999	F0	Illinois	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0

Nearby

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