Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale
EF2 tornado, Sioux County, Iowa, May 1, 2008
RatingEF2
Deaths0
Injuries0
Length12.95 mi
Width400 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (43.14, -96.30) to the end point (43.30, -96.42), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 1, 2008, 5:59 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- EF2
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- Sioux County, Lyon County
- Path
- 12.95 miles long, up to 400 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 0 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 1, 2008
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2008 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 3 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF1 | Oklahoma | 17 mi | 450 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.7 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.67 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.58 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 0.3 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 0.1 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.89 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Oklahoma | 5 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Missouri | 0.1 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.73 mi | 60 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.38 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.64 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 1, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.