Counties in a high risk tornado area include Polk County, IA, Dallas County, IA and Madison County, IA.The largest tornado on record occurred on 06/27/1953, measuring a 5 on the Fujita-Pearson scale. Cedar Rapids still gets regular tornadoes, but the worst was back in April 1954, when an F4 category storm tore through Linn County, picking up farmhouses and barns and carrying them off. The family had several narrow escapes from death from flying timbers which penetrated the side of the house as though it had been paper.The first four buildings north of James street, on Adams street. In the early morning hours on May 26, tornadoes struck Linn and Jackson Counties in Iowa. he patiently awaited the fate which he thought was sure to come--thus exhibiting his willingness to sacrifice his own life to save his family. The kitchen portion of the house on the next lot north of the above was carried a distance of several hundred feet and mingled with the debris of the buildings on the opposite side of the street. Individual supercells spawned as many as 5 violent tornadoes as they tracked west to east. Paths generated from the NCDC data are typically more detailed, but neither archive gives exact path information. Five tornadoes occurred on May 23rd with the two strongest occurring to the southeast of Cedar Rapids. The Tornado History Project generates approximate paths through separate historical archives provided by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The evening of July 4, 1876, was an eventful one in the history of Cedar Rapids. The house of Wesley Kudner was entirely demolished. While it went through a fairly populated area, nearly all reported damage was to trees and power line poles rather than homes and businesses. The kitchen was blown against another building.

A piece of timber, thirty-two feet long and 10x12 inches, was blown down Commercial street a distance of 1,000 feet. Wesley Kurik had just completed a good-sized dwelling. A new two-story brick, the property of Mr. Fuley, nearly completed, was leveled to the ground. The furniture was scattered over two or three adjoining lots. a distance of twenty feet. They were occupied by these and other families. Mr. and Mrs. Hinkley were sleeping in the front room of the second story, and their little boy and hired girl in the rear room. The evening of July 4, 1876, was an eventful one in the history of Cedar Rapids. All rights reserved. The tornado sirens only sounded very briefly in Oelwein; the town's power was knocked out, killing the sirens after just 15 seconds. Green's lumber yard on its way, and smashing the piles of lumber to fragments.

The large two-story boarding house of William G. Walter, on the east side of Adams street, was entirely destroyed. *Tornado risk is calculated from the destruction path that has occured within 30 miles of the location. The Tornado History Project generates approximate paths through separate historical archives provided by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). Passing across the street, the tornado moved in an easterly direction, taking Ed.

The back end wall of the old Clement House, on the river bank, was blown in. On May 25th, Memorial Day, a single tornado went through Johnston in the Des Moines metro. The second tornado struck Fayette County, destroying or damaging nearly 1000 homes. Although As technology has advanced since 1965; warnings can be spread via cable and satellite television, PCs and the Internet, solid-state electronics, cell phones, and In the Midwest, between 235 to 271 people were killed and 1,500 injured (1,200 in "Palm Sunday 1965: Southern Great Lakes Ravaged by One of the Worst Tornado Outbreaks on Record." The houses of James Lynch and Frank Souka were almost entirely destroyed. A man of the name of Davis was seriously injured. At the end of Adams street, the storm was probably the most severe, sweeping everything before it on each side of the street for a distance of one block or more. Twenty-five homes and many businesses … 7 Austin, Texas They ran down stairs and into the house adjoining. Streets were blocked by downed power lines.

At that time the most terrific tempest that ever visited the locality swept over the city, destroying much property. The family of I. A portion of the roof from one of the buildings blown down nearly a block distant, fell upon the roof of this building. She was found lying in an adjacent yard, severely but not fatally injured. Mike Jacobis pushes a portion of tree trunk away as a neighbor helps on the ground in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. It is considered one of the deadliest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history, as well as one of the deadliest outbreaks in Iowa history. On November 11th, 1940, a deadly blizzard blew through Iowa, dropping more than two feet of snow and forming 20-foot high snow drifts. From the Times newspaper, published at Cedar Rapids, is taken the … The house of James Braghock was almost entirely destroyed. Gates, on James street, was unroofed and partially destroyed. The dwelling of I. The gas works were partially unroofed and otherwise injured. The timber was blown from the roof of Wetzel & Hart's Hall. This is the severest individual injury. Across the street from Churchill's block, the two-story frame house of Ben Springer, occupied as a saloon and dwelling, was badly damaged--roof blown off and front of the building badly shattered. Mike Jacobis pushes a portion of tree trunk away as a neighbor helps on the ground in northwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Mrs. Springer had her leg broken. The houses of Vantret Keopski, John Quillp and John Melsch were destroyed. Two children on the West Side were carried quite a distance in the straw tick on which they were sleeping, and landed on the roof of a house. Flickr/Michael Donovan.