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Tornado (F5) — Fayette, Iowa

May 15, 1968 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
5
Direct injuries
156
Property damage
$25.0M
Magnitude
0
Tornado scale
F5
Area
Fayette

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Floyd · May 15, 196813 killedButler · May 25, 20089 killedMadison · March 5, 20226 killedWright · October 14, 19666 killedAdair · May 21, 20244 killedPoweshiek · September 16, 19784 killed

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.