Iowa storm reports for May 11, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, May 11, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 40 hail reports, 29 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Iowa on May 11, 2014.

in Iowa; 77
Storm reports: Near 40.96, -92.64, IA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: Near 41.09, -92.37, IA; 87 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF2, about 47 miles from Des Moines, IA; 8
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

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
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 11, 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

Hail40, most at 4 PM

Wind29, most at 10 PM

Tornado8, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:24 PM	EF0	Near 40.61, -91.56, IA	0.1 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:35 PM	EF1	About 47 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	3.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:50 PM	EF0	About 50 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	0.86 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:59 PM	EF0	About 52 miles from Sioux Falls, SD	0.49 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:43 PM	EF2	About 47 miles from Des Moines, IA	10.35 mi long, 240 yd wide
9:56 PM	EF1	About 43 miles from Des Moines, IA	4.33 mi long, 190 yd wide
10:21 PM	EF0	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.91 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:44 PM	EF0	About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.68 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
12:00 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Des Moines, IA
2:29 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.06, -92.47, IA
2:45 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.17, -92.31, IA
2:53 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.17, -92.31, IA
3:04 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.87, -92.92, IA
3:43 PM	1.75 in	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.99, -92.17, IA
3:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 41.00, -91.97, IA
3:59 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.98, -92.02, IA
3:59 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.98, -91.96, IA
4:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.00, -92.00, IA
4:00 PM	2.75 in	Near 40.96, -92.64, IA

Show all 40 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:05 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.63, -91.76, IA
4:06 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.01, -91.96, IA
4:10 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.64, -91.74, IA
4:10 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.53, -91.59, IA
4:18 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.64, -91.56, IA
4:18 PM	1.5 in	Near 41.02, -92.45, IA
4:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.05, -92.40, IA
4:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.02, -92.42, IA
4:25 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.64, -91.59, IA
4:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.03, -92.39, IA
4:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.99, -91.75, IA
4:46 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.97, -91.74, IA
5:31 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Davenport, IA
5:40 PM	0.88 in	About 48 miles from Davenport, IA
5:43 PM	0.88 in	About 41 miles from Davenport, IA
5:59 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.64, -92.07, IA
6:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.66, -95.66, IA
6:22 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.79, -95.63, IA
6:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.07, -95.49, IA
7:52 PM	1.25 in	Near 43.09, -94.55, IA
7:58 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:23 PM	1.75 in	About 43 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
9:40 PM	2.75 in	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
10:00 PM	1.25 in	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
10:20 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:30 PM	1.75 in	About 48 miles from Omaha, NE
10:40 PM	1.0 in	About 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
1:18 AM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA

Time	Gust	Where
12:05 PM	70 mph	About 47 miles from Des Moines, IA
12:10 PM	70 mph	About 44 miles from Des Moines, IA
12:15 PM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA
2:30 PM	85 mph	Near 41.10, -92.40, IA
2:31 PM	87 mph	Near 41.09, -92.37, IA
2:37 PM	81 mph	Near 41.05, -92.32, IA
5:43 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Davenport, IA
7:41 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Omaha, NE
7:58 PM	60 mph	About 39 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
8:58 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Omaha, NE
9:35 PM	58 mph	Near 42.42, -95.00, IA
9:58 PM	60 mph	Near 42.55, -94.68, IA

Show all 29 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
10:03 PM	70 mph	About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:08 PM	64 mph	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:21 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:22 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:26 PM	60 mph	About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:28 PM	70 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:30 PM	64 mph	About 9 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:40 PM	64 mph	About 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:50 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:50 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:50 PM	70 mph	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:51 PM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:53 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:54 PM	75 mph	About 5 miles from Des Moines, IA
11:12 PM	62 mph	About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
12:19 AM	75 mph	Near 40.92, -94.58, IA
6:05 AM	60 mph	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Des Moines, IA	1.0 in	75 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.