NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19089MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

HOWARD · IA

Tornado history

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

Reports12NOAA county-coded rows
Population context127.1per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 9,445
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

12 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.2-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20161
20171
20193
20215
20222
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$2.7Mnot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$5Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,022within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2022-04-12NOAA 1,018,720NWS Storm SurveyEF1$25K
2022-04-12NOAA 1,018,706NWS Storm SurveyEF0$340K
2021-12-15NOAA 994,953NWS Storm SurveyEF0$250K
2021-12-15NOAA 994,952NWS Storm SurveyEF0$600K
2021-12-15NOAA 994,951NWS Storm SurveyEF0$90K
2021-12-15NOAA 994,950NWS Storm SurveyEF0$90K
2021-05-15NOAA 959,233Broadcast MediaEF0$0
2019-05-27NOAA 827,273NWS Storm SurveyEF0$2K
READING THE RECORD

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