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Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Dangerous Heat

Heavy to severe thunderstorms may bring areas of excessive rainfall and flooding over parts of the southern Plains through Friday. Hot to dangerously hot temperatures are forecast again across portions of the Pacific Northwest and southern Great Basin Tuesday. Read More >

Overview

Severe storms lifted northeast across western into central Iowa late in the afternoon into the evening of Friday, April 26, 2024. Based on preliminary reports and completed storm surveys, there were at least 19 tornadoes in Iowa. Damage to trees and homes has been reported in multiple counties from Crawford to Union and Ringgold up to around Polk and Jasper Counties.

Teams continue to evaluate damage. Additional tornado tracks and rating will be added in the coming days. A final tornado count will take days to a few weeks as we review radar data, examine hi-res satellite imagery, and look at videos.

 

For information on the storms in Nebraska and western Iowa, visit the page by NWS Omaha.

 

Page last updated: April 29, 2024 9:40 pm.

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Afton, Iowa tornado captured by Dean Baron.

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Hazards for the Enhanced Risk on April 26th. General timeline of the storms and tornadoes on April 26, 2024.