The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Funnel Cloud |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 1,015,798 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 166,486 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2022-03-05T21:55:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2022-03-05T21:55:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | IOWA |
| County/zone typecz_type | C |
| County/zone namecz_name | CASS |
| Latitudelat | 41.260 |
| Longitudelon | -94.860 |
| End latitudeend_lat | 41.260 |
| End longitudeend_lon | -94.860 |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | Storm Chaser |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | On March 5, 2022 a total of 15 tornadoes occurred across the state of Iowa as a warm front lifted across the area. Supercells initially developed across southwest Iowa in the vicinity of the triple point of the surface low with strong, rotating updrafts. Longevity was initially lacking with the storms, producing funnel clouds, brief tornadoes, and hail in southwest Iowa. As the cells moved northeast and matured, larger hail began to fall with golf ball sized hail falling in Adams county and baseball sized hail into Adair county. Following this period of large hail the storms produced a tornado which would remain on the ground for just over 70 miles, carving a path across central Iowa from southwest of Winterset to just northeast of Newton. The tornado peaked in Winterset, Iowa, producing EF-4 damage with wind speeds estimated near 170 mph. The tornado continued across the southern portion of the Des Moines metro area and to Newton. This is the furthest north EF-4 tornado in the CONUS this early in the year on record, the first EF-4 tornado in Iowa since October 4, 2013 which occurred in Woodbury and Cherokee Counties, and is the second longest tornado in Iowa since 1980, behind the longest occurring on June 7, 1984 at a length of 117 miles across southern Iowa. As the storm skimmed the southern Des Moines metro, cells across south central became tornadic, producing several destructive tornadoes including an EF-3 tornado in Chariton, Iowa. This heartbreaking day resulted in seven fatalities, six in Winterset and one in Chariton, making it the deadliest tornado outbreak in Iowa since 2008. At 15 tornadoes, this is also one of the earliest outbreaks of this magnitude to occur so early in the season. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Multiple storm chaser reports of a funnel cloud southeast of Cumberland, IA. |
| Yearyear | 2,022 |
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