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Tornado Strikes Pomeroy
- When
- July 6, 1893
- Where
- Pomeroy, Iowa
A violent multiple-vortex tornado struck Pomeroy, Iowa, on July 6, 1893, causing major structural destruction.
The tornado traveled across portions of Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, and Calhoun counties. Pomeroy faced most of the widespread damage, with a large portion of its residential and commercial structures destroyed. The storm was estimated to be F5 on the Fujita scale.
Sources
- 1893 Pomeroy tornado Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-25
- Pomeroy, Iowa Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06
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