Tornado record · Enhanced Fujita scale
EF5 tornado, Grundy County, Iowa, May 25, 2008
RatingEF5
Deaths9
Injuries70
Length40.97 mi
Width2,100 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (42.55, -92.88) to the end point (42.62, -92.08), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- May 25, 2008, 3:48 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- EF5
- States
- Iowa
- Counties
- Grundy County, Butler County, Black Hawk County
- Near the path
- Parkersburg, New Hartford (approximate: towns the straight recorded line passes through)
- Path
- 40.97 miles long, up to 2,100 yards wide
- Casualties
- 9 deaths, 70 injuries
Other tornadoes on May 25, 2008
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | Minnesota | 5.96 mi | 220 yd | 1 | 17 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF3 | Iowa | 31.99 mi | 1,232 yd | 0 | 3 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF1 | Kansas | 3 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF1 | Minnesota | 6 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 2 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF1 | Iowa | 6.84 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF1 | Iowa | 3.45 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF1 | Iowa | 8.48 mi | 250 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF1 | Iowa | 6.23 mi | 440 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.49 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Texas | 1.73 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.9 mi | 150 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Texas | 7.65 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.22 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 1.1 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.5 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Texas | 0.5 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 1.07 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Minnesota | 1.04 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Minnesota, Wisconsin | 1.25 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.91 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Minnesota | 4 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Wisconsin | 3.51 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 6.2 mi | 75 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Illinois | 0.21 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.47 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Kansas | 0.87 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | North Dakota | 0.2 mi | 25 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Wisconsin | 0.05 mi | 10 yd | 0 | 0 |
| May 25, 2008 | EF0 | Iowa | 0.11 mi | 100 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.