NOAA STORM EVENTS · COMPLETE YEARS 2016–2025HISTORICAL REPORTS, NOT A FORECAST OR RISK SCORE
STORM EVENTLEDGERCOUNTY REPORTS · SEASONALITY · IMPACT
EVENT FILE / 19177MINIMUM 5 REPORTS

VAN BUREN · IA

Tornado history

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

Reports5NOAA county-coded rows
Population context69.1per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 7,241
Injuries0direct + indirect fields
Fatalities0direct + indirect fields
Not a probability

5 reports in ten years does not mean a 0.5-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.

01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR

How the record changed

20171
20182
20191
20251
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 year2,017within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE

Latest records in this slice

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DateEvent IDSourceMagnitude / scaleFiled damage
2025-08-11NOAA 1,277,281NWS Storm SurveyEFU$0
2019-05-27NOAA 826,413Trained SpotterEF3$0
2018-07-19NOAA 774,312NWS Storm SurveyEF1$0
2018-07-19NOAA 774,310NWS Storm SurveyEF1$0
2017-05-10NOAA 703,255NWS Storm SurveyEF0$0
READING THE RECORD

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