What the record says
On 29 August 1964, a tornado touched down near Livermore, Iowa. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 15.8 miles long and up to 100 yards wide, rated F4 on the Fujita (F) scale. It injured 2 people.
- F4Fujita rating
- 0deaths
- 2injuries
- 15.8 mipath length
- 100 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 42.92, -94.23 and the end point at 43.12, -94.07 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in Iowa
- Hansell, Iowa tornado15 May 1968, F5, 13 deaths, 462 injuries, 62.1 miles long
- Cedar Falls, Iowa tornado25 May 2008, EF5, 9 deaths, 70 injuries, 41 miles long
- Belmond, Iowa tornado14 October 1966, F5, 6 deaths, 172 injuries, 9.7 miles long
- Newton, Iowa tornado5 March 2022, EF4, 6 deaths, 5 injuries, 70.6 miles long
- Rhodes, Iowa tornado16 September 1978, F3, 6 deaths, 45 injuries, 31.8 miles long
- Oelwein, Iowa tornado15 May 1968, F5, 5 deaths, 156 injuries, 13.1 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 1964
- Lockport, Louisiana tornado3 October 1964, F4, 22 deaths, 165 injuries, 1.5 miles long
- Mount Clemens, Michigan tornado8 May 1964, F4, 11 deaths, 224 injuries, 3.3 miles long
- Harpersville, Alabama tornado24 January 1964, F4, 10 deaths, 6 injuries, 3.3 miles long
- Wichita Falls, Texas tornado3 April 1964, F5, 7 deaths, 111 injuries, 4.7 miles long
- Hastings, Nebraska tornado5 May 1964, F5, 4 deaths, 50 injuries, 79.7 miles long
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