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Iowa storm reports for October 4, 2013

NOAA recorded 19 hail reports, 8 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Iowa on October 4, 2013.

in Iowa
36
Storm reports
About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
2.75 in
Largest hail
Near 43.20, -94.42, IA
84 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, near 42.33, -96.11, IA
9
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on October 4, 2013 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail19, most at 6 PM

Wind8, most at 7 AM

Tornado9, most at 6 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:17 PMEF1Near 42.22, -96.26, IA1.17 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:35 PMEF4Near 42.33, -96.11, IA24.7 mi long, 2600 yd wide
6:50 PMEF1Near 42.68, -96.45, IA1.11 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:55 PMEF0About 58 miles from Sioux Falls, SD1.28 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:41 PMEF0Near 42.69, -95.62, IA0.55 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:46 PMEF0Near 42.72, -95.59, IA0.4 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:18 PMEF0Near 42.84, -95.40, IA0.34 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:33 PMEF1Near 42.60, -95.36, IA5.45 mi long, 200 yd wide
8:47 PMEF0Near 42.98, -95.06, IA0.71 mi long, 100 yd wide

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.