Jordan is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa, United States.

[1] Jordan was historically called Midway and Harmon's Switch.

The tornado was rated an F5 by the National Weather Service, and the National Centers for Environmental Information (then called National Climatic Data Center) indicated that the damage path of the tornado was roughly 880 yards (800 m) or one-half mile (0.8 km) wide and 21 miles (34 km) long.

The tornado destroyed virtually every house and business building in the community, but all residents survived.

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