Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale
EF2 tornado, Pottawattamie County, Iowa, May 5, 2007
RatingEF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length6.8 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (41.16, -95.38) to the end point (41.26, -95.36), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 5, 2007, 7:46 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- EF2
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- Pottawattamie County
- Path
- 6.8 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 5, 2007
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2007 | EF3 | South Dakota | 4 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF3 | Oklahoma | 2.5 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF3 | Oklahoma | 5.2 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | South Dakota | 3.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | South Dakota | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | South Dakota | 4 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Nebraska | 5.5 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 3 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Kansas | 7.5 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 11 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Kansas | 2.7 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Kansas | 26.86 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | South Dakota | 10.5 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Kansas | 9.1 mi | 880 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Iowa | 4.78 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Oklahoma | 7.25 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Oklahoma | 16 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF2 | Kansas | 11 mi | 100 yd | 1 | 5 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 5.54 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 6.18 mi | 125 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 5.19 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Nebraska | 20.6 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Nebraska | 40.68 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Nebraska | 14.29 mi | 220 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Nebraska | 16.7 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Nebraska | 18.3 mi | 400 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 11.12 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 1.9 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Nebraska | 8.93 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 1 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Texas | 6.99 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 4.03 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 0.2 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 1.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Iowa | 11.26 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 4.95 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 16.9 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 8.5 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 1.65 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Iowa | 3.64 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 7.5 mi | 500 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 3.57 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 0.75 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 4.49 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 2 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 10.08 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF1 | Kansas | 1.38 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | Colorado | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | Nebraska | 11.36 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.45 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | South Dakota | 0.2 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | Nebraska | 1.54 mi | 200 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 5, 2007 | EF0 | Nebraska | 2.95 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.