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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Logan, IA

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Logan, Iowa since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 101 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
101

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
9

7 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Logan

By decade

  • 2020s22(4 EF3+)
  • 2010s12
  • 2000s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s16(3 EF3+)
  • 1980s13
  • 1970s11(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s6
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Logan, Iowa
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 26, 2024EF412 mi31.89 mi0 / 4
Jun 26, 1976F416 mi5.1 mi0 / 6
Jun 11, 2008EF318 mi14.23 mi4 / 48
May 16, 1999F3in town7.5 mi2 / 16
Apr 26, 2024EF316 mi40.27 mi1 / 3
Apr 26, 2024EF321 mi13.31 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 2024EF39 mi19.06 mi0 / 0
May 16, 1999F31 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1992F31 mi26 mi0 / 3
Jul 12, 2023EF24 mi9.4 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF219 mi6.7 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF223 mi2.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 101, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Logan while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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