Storm Reports

Preliminary Tornado Confirmations from La Crosse NWS

A storm survey was/is being performed on the tornadoes that affected parts of Chickasaw, Fayette, and Winneshiek counties in northeast Iowa on Wednesday, August 19th. The following information was gleaned from these surveys:

Tornado near Fredericksburg, IA (Chickasaw County)…

This tornado touched down between 3:09 pm and 3:14 pm approximately 4 miles southeast of Fredericksburg.
Path of the tornado was southwest to northeast and covered about a half mile.
The width of the tornado was approximately 40 yards wide.
Strength of the tornado was rated as EF-0.
Some damage which was caused by this tornado, included:

damage to an attached garage
damage to an barn with minimal debris noted

Tornado near West Union, IA (Fayette County)…

This tornado touched down between 3:50 pm and 4:00 pm approximately 2 southwest of West Union.
Path of the tornado was southwest to northeast and began approximately 1.7 miles south of State Highway 18 on N Avenue.
The width of the tornado was very narrow.
Preliminary indications indicate this was an EF-0 tornado.
Some damage which was caused by this tornado, included:

some tree damage on N avenue
semi-continuous path of damage in corn field off of N avenue

Tornado near Calmar, IA (Winneshiek County)…

This tornado touched down at approximately 4:00 pm about 1 mile northeast of Calmar.
Path of this tornado was southwest to northeast.
The width of the tornado was very narrow.
Strength of the tornado was rated as EF-0.
Some damage which was caused by this tornado, included:

Very distinct and narrow tornadic damage path about 20 yards long in a corn field near 187th Street and 227th Avenue