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2009 Iowa Tornado Statistics (NWS DMX)

I had my first successful chase EVER for the state of Iowa this year. On June 21, I saw several weak tornadoes in central Iowa. 2009 was a very tough year for chasers. Most of the tornadoes in the upper midwest were brief, small ones. In Minnesota, had it not been for the landfalling hurricane style tornadoes of August 19, MN would have avery low number of tornadoes. August 19 accounted for 11 of our 24 on the year. After spending the last 5 or so years breaking the records for numbers of tornadoes, this indeed felt like a very slow year. That added with the busted May made it feel even worse, even if the numbers don't completely represent that.
 
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