NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19057MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

DES MOINES · IA

Tornado history

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

Reports6NOAA county-coded rows
Population context15.6per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 38,487
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

6 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.6-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20194
20231
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$0not inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,019within 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
2024-04-16NOAA 1,172,024NWS Storm SurveyEF2$0
2023-03-31NOAA 1,086,490NWS Storm SurveyEF2$0
2019-06-15NOAA 834,404NWS Storm SurveyEF2$0
2019-06-15NOAA 834,402NWS Storm SurveyEF2$0
2019-06-15NOAA 834,395PublicEFU$0
2019-05-27NOAA 826,417Trained SpotterEF0$0
READING THE RECORD

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