Emmet County, Iowa tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Emmet County from 1953 to 2022, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Emmet County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Emmet County, Iowa between 1953 and 2022. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 21 March 1953. The most recent was on 5 July 2022.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 556per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Emmet County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01045%
F1 / EF1732%
F2 / EF2418%
F3 / EF315%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Emmet County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1950s21960s31970s51980s31990s22000s32010s32020s1

The 2020s only run to 2022, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s3
1970s5
1980s3
1990s2
2000s3
2010s3
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr3May2Jun6Jul5Aug4Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr3
May2
Jun6
Jul5
Aug4
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Emmet County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Iowa tornado21 March 1953, F3, 31.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Iowa tornado5 July 2022, EF0, 1.6 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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