Tornado History Map

Muscatine County, Iowa tornado history

42 tornadoes recorded in or across Muscatine County from 1952 to 2024, 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 Muscatine County

The Storm Prediction Center records 42 tornadoes whose paths touched Muscatine County, Iowa between 1952 and 2024. They killed 2 people and injured 16. The busiest month is May, with 17 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 1 June 2007. The most recent was on 15 July 2024.

  • 42tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 16injuries
  • 960per 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 Muscatine County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01433%
F1 / EF11638%
F2 / EF21024%
F3 / EF325%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Muscatine County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 1990s.1950s31960s41970s41980s51990s112000s72010s52020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s4
1970s4
1980s5
1990s11
2000s7
2010s5
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in May.Jan1Feb0Mar3Apr7May17Jun5Jul4Aug3Sep0Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar3
Apr7
May17
Jun5
Jul4
Aug3
Sep0
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Muscatine County

  • Deadliest: Iowa tornado24 June 2013, EF1, 1 death, 6.5 miles long
  • Strongest: Iowa tornado1 June 2007, EF3, 7 injuries, 15.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Iowa tornado3 April 1981, F0, 103.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Iowa tornado15 July 2024, EF0, 3.1 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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