Iowa storm reports for March 27, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, March 27, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 4 hail reports and 1 tornado report in Iowa on March 27, 2014.

in Iowa; 5
Storm reports: About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA; 0.88 in
Largest hail: Highest rating EF0, about 41 miles from Des Moines, IA; 1
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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.

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 March 27, 2014 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

Hail4, most at 4 PM

Tornado1, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:41 PM	EF0	About 41 miles from Des Moines, IA	0.73 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:29 PM	0.88 in	About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:36 PM	0.75 in	About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:38 PM	0.88 in	About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:10 PM	0.88 in	About 52 miles from Des Moines, IA

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