Was There An Ef5 In 2024. Damage that qualifies for an ef5 rating — which was last applied to a tornado in moore, oklahoma, on may 20, 2013 — implies surface winds of at least 200 mph. Above is a map of the tornadoes that occurred across iowa in 2024.
Yet they’re responsible for a majority of the nation’s tornado deaths. There hasn’t been a tornado rated ef5 in the u.s.