Tornado History Map

Henry County, Iowa tornado history

24 tornadoes recorded in or across Henry County from 1954 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 Henry County

The Storm Prediction Center records 24 tornadoes whose paths touched Henry County, Iowa between 1954 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is April, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 9 May 1959. The most recent was on 16 April 2024.

  • 24tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 553per 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 Henry County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0521%
F1 / EF11354%
F2 / EF2521%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Henry County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2010s.1950s31960s31970s51980s21990s12000s22010s72020s1

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
1960s3
1970s5
1980s2
1990s1
2000s2
2010s7
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Apr.Jan1Feb0Mar0Apr7May7Jun5Jul2Aug0Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar0
Apr7
May7
Jun5
Jul2
Aug0
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Henry County

  • Strongest: Iowa tornado9 May 1959, F3, 1 injury, 17.8 miles long
  • Longest path: Iowa tornado30 April 1954, F2, 1 injury, 85.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Iowa tornado16 April 2024, EF2, 41.7 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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