Storm Events Database

Storm Events Database

Event Details:

Event Tornado
-- Scale EF0
-- Length 0.53 Miles
-- Width 50 Yards
State IOWA
County/Area BUENA VISTA
WFO FSD
Report Source Trained Spotter
NCEI Data Source CSV
Begin Date 2011-04-09 20:14 CST-6
Begin Location 3S SULPHUR SPGS
Begin Lat/Lon 42.58/-95.09
End Date 2011-04-09 20:15 CST-6
End Location 3SSE SULPHUR SPGS
End Lat/Lon 42.582/-95.08
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative Thunderstorms produced widespread severe weather in northwest Iowa during the evening of April 9th, beginning at the end of the afternoon. Most of the reports at the start of the event were large hail, but damaging winds and tornadoes then developed, with significant damage reported.
Event Narrative A brief tornado caused no reported damage.


     ​

Event Map:

Note: The tornado track is approximate based on the beginning (B) and ending (E) locations. The actual tornado path may differ from a straight line.
+-
Measure
Leaflet | Tiles © Esri — Esri, DeLorme, NAVTEQ, TomTom, Intermap, iPC, USGS, FAO, NPS, NRCAN, GeoBase, Kadaster NL, Ordnance Survey, Esri Japan, METI, Esri China (Hong Kong), and the GIS User Community


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 1.289M 0.00K
SALIX WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 17:40 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SLOAN WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 17:40 CST-6 Hail 0.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SALIX WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 17:46 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SALIX WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 17:49 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SMITHLAND WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 18:00 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BATTLE CREEK IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 18:29 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BATTLE CREEK IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 18:33 CST-6 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
IDA GROVE IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 18:57 CST-6 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
IDA GROVE MUNI ARPT IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:02 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 53 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
IDA GROVE MUNI ARPT IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:02 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 53 kts. EG 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
IDA GROVE MUNI ARPT IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:05 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 55 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CORRECTIONVILLE WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:10 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ARTHUR IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:19 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ARTHUR IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:20 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 50.00K 0.00K
GALVA IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:42 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 100.00K 0.00K
GALVA IDA CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:45 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FIELDING CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 19:55 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SULPHUR SPGS BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:14 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
SULPHUR SPGS BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:15 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MOVILLE WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:18 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
QUIMBY CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:20 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
QUIMBY CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:20 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 100.00K 0.00K
QUIMBY CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:22 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 61 kts. EG 0 0 3.00K 0.00K
AKRON PLYMOUTH CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:24 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
NEWELL BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:24 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 1.000M 0.00K
NEWELL BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:25 CST-6 Tornado EF1 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
NEWELL BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:26 CST-6 Tornado EF2 0 0 10.00K 0.00K
FIELDING CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:40 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CLAY (ZONE) CLAY (ZONE) IA 04/09/2011 20:40 CST-6 High Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 1.00K 0.00K
ALTA BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:50 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
ALTA BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:50 CST-6 Tornado EF0 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MILLNERVILLE PLYMOUTH CO. IA 04/09/2011 20:50 CST-6 Hail 1.25 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
TRUESDALE BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:04 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
DICKINSON (ZONE) DICKINSON (ZONE) IA 04/09/2011 21:04 CST-6 High Wind 56 kts. MG 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MERRILL PLYMOUTH CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:07 CST-6 Hail 0.88 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
MERRILL PLYMOUTH CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:08 CST-6 Hail 2.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LE MARS PLYMOUTH CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:13 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHEROKEE CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:15 CST-6 Hail 4.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CHEROKEE CHEROKEE CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:15 CST-6 Hail 2.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LE MARS PLYMOUTH CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:16 CST-6 Hail 2.00 in. 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
NEWELL BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:25 CST-6 Thunderstorm Wind 52 kts. EG 0 0 2.00K 0.00K
SIOUX RAPIDS BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 21:54 CST-6 Hail 1.75 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
LINN GROVE BUENA VISTA CO. IA 04/09/2011 22:04 CST-6 Hail 1.50 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CORNELL CLAY CO. IA 04/09/2011 22:31 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
BRONSON WOODBURY CO. IA 04/09/2011 23:25 CST-6 Hail 1.00 in. 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 1.289M 0.00K