Winneshiek County, Iowa Tornadoes

Tornadoes in northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, and southwest and central Wisconsin
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Winneshiek County (IA) Tornadoes*
1850-2006

Date			Time	Location	Other Counties Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	F-Scale
Month	Day	Year	Time	Location	Other Counties Affected	Length (miles)	Width (yards)	Deaths**	Injuries**	F-Scale
6	26	2002	1322-1326 CST	Ft. Atkinson 1.5W to Ft. Atkinson 1W	None	0.3	25	0	0	F0
			A tornado touched down on a farm just west of Fort Atkinson. It completely destroyed an old barn. Other nearby outbuildings sustained minor damage, as did a nearby farm house. There were no injuries reported. The tornado caused an estimated $15,000 in property damage and $7,500 in crop damage.
7	19	1994	2100 CST	Decorah 7SW	None	0.2	25	0	0	F0
7	19	1994	2026 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F3
7	19	1994	2006-2050 CST	Schley 1W to Decorah 7N	Howard	23	150	0	0	F3
			One farmstead was completely destroyed while 3 others sustained heavy damage as this tornado tracked intermittently from Howard County, into Winneshiek. Numerous farm buildings were flattened. There were reports of debris in Decorah, and at least two people were injured by high wind.
6	12	1990	2148-2150 CST	Ossian 2SE to Castalia 2NW	None	2	40	0	0	F1
			A mobile home was taken off its foundation.
6	12	1990	2050 CST	Fort Atkinson	None	0.1	15	0	0	F0
5	24	1989	1945-2000 CST	Lawler 3W to Jackson Junction	Chickasaw	10	35	0	0	F1
			This tornado started in Chickasaw County but crossed into southwest parts of Winneshiek County before dissipating.
3	24	1988	1715 CST	Waucoma to Calmar 2W	Fayette	9	100	0	0	F2
			Considerable damage to buildings in the path of the tornado was reported; some were almost completely destroyed.
7	29	1987	1810 CST	Waukon 10W to Waukon 2S	Allamakee	10	30	0	0	F2
			This tornado moved through mainly rural areas along the Winneshiek-Allamakee County line until it hit a lumber yard south of Waukon. There it destroyed 2 buildings and threw 2x4 boards through the walls of others. Damage at the lumberyard alone was around $250,000.
7	10	1984	1416-1420 CST	Decorah 2S	None	2	50	0	0	F1
			A tornado touched down south of Decorah and wrought significant damage to more than one farmstead. The storm turned a 40,000 bushel grain bin inside out and wrapped it around a chicken house. Holes were punched in the roof of a storage building by a grain elevator and a door was ripped off. Numerous trees were knocked down, and fencing destroyed at another farm. A wagon was blown into a new pickup, and at still another farm a branch flew through a house window and sprayed glass all over the furniture. A good deal of corn was knocked down by this storm as well.
8	4	1979	0635 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F1
8	4	1979	0620 CST	?	None	?	?	0	1	F1
8	4	1979	0619 CST	?	None	?	?	0	1	F1
6	19	1979	2130 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F0
6	4	1973	1530 CST	Ossian	None	1	100	0	0	F2
			A new home had part of the roof blown off.
8	25	1965	1900 CST	Ridgeway to Ossian 2N	None	15	150	0	1	F2
			Barns were destroyed.
5	5	1965	1945-2124 CST	Nora Springs 2N (IA) to Yucatan (MN)	Fillmore (MN) Floyd Houston (MN) Howard Mitchell	80	150	0	17	F4
			Moved east-northeast from 2 miles north of Nora Springs, passing 3 miles north of Cresco and lifting near Yucatan, MN. The only F4 damage was to two large farm houses, 3 miles northwest of Kendallville in Winneshiek County. About 28 farms lost buildings in Iowa. Six people were injured in Minnesota, as homes and barns were destroyed near Canton, Lenora, and Newburg (Fillmore County). Six people were injured in Floyd County and 5 in Howard County.
4	11	1965	1315 CST- ?	Fredericksburg 4NW to Waukon 8E	Allamakee Chickasaw Fayette	110	300	0	0	F1
			Apparently discontinuous path. Major damage near Ossian.
4	19	1957	1330 CST	?	None	?	?	0	0	F0
7	1	1956	0600 CST	Calmar 2E	None	?	?	?	?	F1
			A small tornado cut a path to the northeast passing east of Calmar. Three farms sustained heavy damage. Two men saw a funnel and ran for cover.
6	20	1937	1937 CST	Protivin 3E	None	?	?	0	0	F2
			One barn was destroyed; estimated damage $8,000.
6	19	1937	2130 CST	Riceville 1W to Kendallville	Howard Mitchell	25	100	0	0	F2
			This tornado moved east-northeast from west of Riceville (Mitchell County), passing near Davis Corners and Cresco (Howard County), to near Kendallville in Winneshiek County. A half dozen barns were damaged or destroyed. Beyond Kendalville, downburst damage totalled $100,000.
5	9	1918	1630 CST	Pearl Rock 2N to Calmar	Chickasaw Floyd	50	800	7	15	F4
			This tornado touched down in extreme southeast Floyd County, and crossed Chickasaw County before hitting Calmar. Two people died just east of Calmar, when the tornado was a mile wide. Losses in and near Calmar totalled $250,000.
6	6	1906	1645 CST	Burr Oak to Spring Grove 3S	Houston	15	100	0	3	F3
			This storm moved east-northeast and crossed into Minnesota. A large brick home was destroyed southeast of Newhouse (Houston Co.), just inside the Minnesota border. Clothes from the home were found over three miles away. One boy was severely injured, and may have died later. He had been closing windows on the second floor when the tornado struck.
* The data in this table came from *Storm Data* and *Significant Tornadoes--1680-1991* by Thomas P. Grazulis. ** Injuries and Deaths are for the entire tornado track.

Last Updated Monday, January 23, 2006 - Jeff Boyne

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