NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19021MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

BUENA VISTA · IA

Tornado history

NOAA records coded as Tornado in Buena Vista during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.

Reports9NOAA county-coded rows
Population context43.4per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 20,753
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

9 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.9-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20181
20214
20233
20241
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES

Impact fields on these rows

Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.

Property damage$550Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,018within selected window
Latest report year2,024within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2024-05-21NOAA 1,180,752Emergency ManagerEF1$0
2023-05-13NOAA 1,102,012Storm ChaserEF0$0
2023-05-13NOAA 1,102,000Storm ChaserEFU$0
2023-05-13NOAA 1,101,995Storm ChaserEFU$0
2021-12-15NOAA 1,000,404NWS Storm SurveyEF1$100K
2021-12-15NOAA 1,000,354NWS Storm SurveyEF2$250K
2021-12-15NOAA 1,000,338NWS Storm SurveyEF1$200K
2021-08-08NOAA 982,086Emergency ManagerEFU$0
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