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Jordan is an unincorporated community in Boone Countymarker, Iowamarker, United Statesmarker.

Jordan was hit by a massive tornado on June 13, 1976. The tornado was rated an F-5 by the National Weather Service, and the National Climate Data Center indicated that the damage path of the tornado was roughly 880 yards (one half-mile) wide and long. The tornado destroyed virtually every house and business building in the community, but all residents survived. The tornado was accompanied by an F-3 anticyclonic tornado a few miles away. Dr Fujita, the originator of the Fujita tornado intensity scale, said the tornado which hit Jordan was the most intense and destructive he had ever studied.


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