Iowa storm reports for April 27, 2014

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

NOAA recorded 8 hail reports, 33 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Iowa on April 27, 2014.

in Iowa; 43
Storm reports: Near 41.03, -92.41, IA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Near 40.99, -92.43, IA; 91 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 41.13, -92.31, IA; 2
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
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.

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 April 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

Hail8, most at 8 AM

Wind33, most at 3 PM

Tornado2, most at 3 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:20 PM	EF1	Near 41.13, -92.31, IA	45.68 mi long, 1600 yd wide
4:40 PM	EF0	About 15 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.5 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
8:01 AM	0.88 in	About 45 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
8:05 AM	0.88 in	About 46 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
12:18 PM	0.75 in	About 45 miles from Omaha, NE
1:49 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.27, -94.55, IA
3:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.03, -92.41, IA
3:54 PM	0.75 in	About 57 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:29 PM	0.75 in	About 28 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:33 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA

Time	Gust	Where
2:35 PM	86 mph	Near 40.62, -92.91, IA
3:00 PM	81 mph	About 47 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:00 PM	86 mph	Near 40.73, -92.74, IA
3:00 PM	64 mph	Near 40.78, -92.76, IA
3:00 PM	70 mph	Near 40.74, -92.61, IA
3:06 PM	86 mph	Near 40.99, -92.52, IA
3:08 PM	70 mph	Near 40.96, -92.64, IA
3:12 PM	60 mph	Near 41.01, -92.43, IA
3:12 PM	91 mph	Near 40.99, -92.43, IA
3:13 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:16 PM	60 mph	Near 40.81, -92.34, IA
3:18 PM	60 mph	Near 41.07, -92.40, IA

Show all 33 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:20 PM	64 mph	About 54 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:20 PM	59 mph	Near 41.11, -92.45, IA
3:21 PM	86 mph	About 54 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:30 PM	90 mph	Near 41.18, -92.27, IA
3:37 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:38 PM	58 mph	About 47 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:45 PM	90 mph	About 53 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:55 PM	58 mph	About 32 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:00 PM	70 mph	About 30 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:00 PM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:09 PM	70 mph	About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:10 PM	69 mph	About 35 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:11 PM	64 mph	About 18 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:20 PM	89 mph	About 13 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:22 PM	75 mph	About 4 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:25 PM	90 mph	About 21 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:33 PM	64 mph	About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:33 PM	81 mph	About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:43 PM	64 mph	Near 40.72, -91.23, IA
5:00 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:24 PM	70 mph	About 37 miles from Davenport, IA

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Cedar Rapids, IA	None	89 mph	0

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