Storm reports for August 31, 2014

Name: NOAA storm reports, United States, August 31, 2014
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 57 hail reports, 197 wind reports and 36 tornado reports in 20 states on August 31, 2014.

in 20 states; 290
Storm reports: Near 39.47, -98.18, KS; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA; 82 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 56 miles from Des Moines, IA; 36
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 August 31, 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

Hail57, most at 5 PM

Wind197, most at 8 PM

Tornado36, 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
6:33 PM	EF0	About 59 miles from Omaha, NE	1.31 mi long, 330 yd wide
6:44 PM	EF0	Near 42.30, -95.31, IA	2.13 mi long, 60 yd wide
7:10 PM	EF0	About 2 miles from Worcester, MA	2.06 mi long, 176 yd wide
7:26 PM	EF0	Near 42.03, -95.15, IA	1.98 mi long, 70 yd wide
7:30 PM	EF0	Near 42.04, -95.10, IA	0.71 mi long, 160 yd wide
7:34 PM	EF0	Near 42.02, -95.02, IA	4.96 mi long, 90 yd wide
7:35 PM	EF0	Near 42.05, -95.12, IA	0.94 mi long, 70 yd wide
7:38 PM	EF0	Near 42.04, -94.97, IA	2.64 mi long, 140 yd wide
7:45 PM	EF0	Near 42.07, -94.83, IA	0.7 mi long, 80 yd wide
7:47 PM	EF0	Near 42.08, -94.82, IA	1.58 mi long, 200 yd wide
7:54 PM	EF0	Near 42.14, -94.79, IA	0.77 mi long, 60 yd wide
7:57 PM	EF0	Near 42.11, -94.68, IA	5.64 mi long, 100 yd wide

Show all 36 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:11 PM	EF0	About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA	4.49 mi long, 45 yd wide
8:13 PM	EF0	Near 42.24, -94.57, IA	1.41 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:15 PM	EF0	About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA	9.79 mi long, 360 yd wide
8:19 PM	EF0	About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.18 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:24 PM	EF0	About 55 miles from Des Moines, IA	6.42 mi long, 570 yd wide
8:35 PM	EF1	About 56 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.33 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:40 PM	EF1	About 54 miles from Des Moines, IA	4.62 mi long, 205 yd wide
8:41 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.57 mi long, 110 yd wide
8:43 PM	EF1	About 43 miles from Des Moines, IA	4.96 mi long, 150 yd wide
8:43 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA	3.86 mi long, 240 yd wide
8:46 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.24 mi long, 65 yd wide
8:58 PM	EF0	About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.51 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:59 PM	EF0	Near 42.55, -93.64, IA	4.6 mi long, 120 yd wide
9:06 PM	EF0	Near 42.44, -93.52, IA	1.17 mi long, 60 yd wide
9:08 PM	EF1	Near 42.45, -93.49, IA	2.63 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:11 PM	EF0	Near 42.46, -93.42, IA	2.17 mi long, 60 yd wide
9:35 PM	EF0	Near 42.51, -93.00, IA	1.63 mi long, 75 yd wide
9:49 PM	EF0	Near 42.60, -92.77, IA	1.05 mi long, 40 yd wide
10:00 PM	EF0	Near 43.07, -92.48, IA	2.99 mi long, 60 yd wide
10:04 PM	EF0	Near 42.62, -92.47, IA	2.07 mi long, 130 yd wide
10:08 PM	EF0	About 51 miles from Rochester, MN	3.89 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:12 PM	EF0	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	3.22 mi long, 80 yd wide
10:12 PM	EF0	About 50 miles from Rochester, MN	2.61 mi long, 60 yd wide
10:17 PM	EF0	Near 42.71, -92.29, IA	4.98 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:50 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.79, -98.21, KS
3:55 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.20, -98.07, NE
4:17 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.50, -98.32, KS
4:21 PM	1.25 in	Near 41.69, -98.00, NE
4:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.42, -97.72, NE
4:27 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.30, -97.67, NE
4:28 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.78, -97.99, KS
4:30 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.02, -97.91, NE
4:30 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.30, -97.22, NE
4:43 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.37, -97.97, NE
4:47 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.50, -98.17, KS
4:50 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.57, -98.15, KS

Show all 57 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:55 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.78, -97.90, KS
4:56 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.38, -96.99, NE
4:59 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.38, -96.99, NE
5:01 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.50, -98.25, KS
5:01 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.51, -98.11, KS
5:03 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.42, -97.72, NE
5:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.74, -99.24, KS
5:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.33, -97.81, NE
5:21 PM	2.5 in	Near 39.47, -98.18, KS
5:24 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.41, -96.84, NE
5:26 PM	1.75 in	Near 39.47, -98.12, KS
5:30 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.47, -97.98, KS
5:31 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.81, -102.20, NE
5:40 PM	1.75 in	Near 38.53, -99.69, KS
5:40 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.31, -97.81, NE
5:46 PM	1.75 in	About 35 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:50 PM	0.88 in	Near 38.61, -99.45, KS
5:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.51, -99.55, KS
5:57 PM	1.75 in	About 36 miles from Lincoln, NE
5:57 PM	1.5 in	Near 39.04, -98.84, KS
5:57 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.78, -99.00, KS
5:58 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.29, -98.24, KS
5:58 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.75, -101.94, NE
5:59 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:07 PM	0.88 in	Near 39.47, -97.98, KS
6:10 PM	1.5 in	Near 38.47, -99.55, KS
6:25 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.36, -99.75, KS
6:29 PM	1.0 in	Near 39.30, -97.67, KS
6:38 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.44, -99.44, KS
6:43 PM	0.88 in	About 13 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:44 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.61, -95.31, IA
6:45 PM	0.75 in	In Lincoln, NE
6:45 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Duluth, MN
6:45 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Omaha, NE
6:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.63, -95.24, IA
6:48 PM	1.25 in	About 12 miles from Lincoln, NE
6:52 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.69, -101.25, NE
7:20 PM	2.5 in	Near 38.41, -99.07, KS
7:35 PM	1.25 in	Near 39.36, -96.86, KS
7:50 PM	1.0 in	About 40 miles from Minneapolis, MN
7:58 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.26, -99.14, KS
8:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.70, -99.50, KS
8:06 PM	0.75 in	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
8:15 PM	1.0 in	Near 38.74, -99.24, KS
8:25 PM	0.75 in	Near 38.63, -100.27, KS

Time	Gust	Where
2:30 PM	59 mph	About 28 miles from Greeley, CO
3:18 PM	60 mph	About 35 miles from Poughkeepsie, NY
3:28 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from New York, NY
3:32 PM	60 mph	About 16 miles from New York, NY
3:33 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from New York, NY
4:10 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Washington, DC
4:11 PM	60 mph	About 36 miles from Washington, DC
4:15 PM	58 mph	About 19 miles from Augusta, GA
4:15 PM	60 mph	About 18 miles from New York, NY
4:20 PM	58 mph	Near 42.80, -103.04, NE
4:25 PM	63 mph	About 5 miles from Columbia, SC
4:26 PM	63 mph	About 21 miles from Augusta, GA

Show all 197 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
4:35 PM	69 mph	Near 32.36, -82.80, GA
4:50 PM	62 mph	About 32 miles from North Port, FL
4:56 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Washington, DC
5:06 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Washington, DC
5:07 PM	60 mph	About 10 miles from Washington, DC
5:09 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Washington, DC
5:11 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Washington, DC
5:13 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Washington, DC
5:13 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Washington, DC
5:13 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Washington, DC
5:20 PM	60 mph	About 8 miles from Washington, DC
5:20 PM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Washington, DC
5:22 PM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Washington, DC
5:30 PM	60 mph	Near 48.12, -103.75, ND
5:37 PM	60 mph	About 17 miles from Philadelphia, PA
5:40 PM	60 mph	Near 42.38, -96.49, NE
5:40 PM	60 mph	Near 39.43, -97.87, KS
5:45 PM	60 mph	About 9 miles from Washington, DC
5:50 PM	64 mph	Near 39.45, -97.83, KS
5:50 PM	60 mph	Near 38.61, -99.45, KS
5:55 PM	60 mph	Near 42.33, -96.31, IA
6:00 PM	64 mph	Near 43.42, -102.18, SD
6:02 PM	60 mph	Near 42.40, -96.38, IA
6:02 PM	60 mph	Near 42.40, -96.36, IA
6:12 PM	70 mph	Near 42.42, -96.42, NE
6:14 PM	75 mph	Near 42.40, -96.36, IA
6:16 PM	70 mph	Near 39.36, -97.69, KS
6:18 PM	61 mph	About 48 miles from Philadelphia, PA
6:19 PM	60 mph	About 48 miles from Baltimore, MD
6:19 PM	60 mph	Near 39.34, -97.84, KS
6:20 PM	60 mph	Near 42.49, -96.07, IA
6:26 PM	62 mph	Near 39.29, -97.68, KS
6:29 PM	70 mph	Near 39.30, -97.67, KS
6:30 PM	59 mph	Near 39.27, -97.77, KS
6:32 PM	64 mph	Near 39.17, -98.06, KS
6:36 PM	60 mph	Near 42.74, -101.45, NE
6:38 PM	60 mph	Near 38.44, -99.44, KS
6:40 PM	60 mph	Near 39.57, -97.12, KS
6:45 PM	60 mph	Near 39.89, -96.88, KS
6:51 PM	60 mph	Near 39.58, -96.95, KS
6:56 PM	58 mph	About 14 miles from Omaha, NE
7:05 PM	60 mph	Near 39.48, -97.12, KS
7:06 PM	61 mph	Near 42.02, -95.35, IA
7:09 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE
7:15 PM	63 mph	Near 42.02, -95.35, IA
7:16 PM	60 mph	Near 39.38, -97.12, KS
7:18 PM	60 mph	Near 38.39, -98.94, KS
7:19 PM	60 mph	Near 42.02, -95.37, IA
7:19 PM	60 mph	Near 41.97, -95.21, IA
7:20 PM	60 mph	Near 39.55, -96.88, KS
7:21 PM	70 mph	Near 42.02, -95.35, IA
7:21 PM	64 mph	Near 38.73, -98.23, KS
7:25 PM	60 mph	Near 42.26, -95.00, IA
7:25 PM	60 mph	Near 39.59, -96.75, KS
7:30 PM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Minneapolis, MN
7:30 PM	64 mph	Near 41.91, -95.06, IA
7:34 PM	60 mph	Near 39.43, -96.76, KS
7:35 PM	60 mph	Near 39.43, -96.76, KS
7:36 PM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Omaha, NE
7:36 PM	64 mph	About 49 miles from Omaha, NE
7:39 PM	70 mph	About 59 miles from Topeka, KS
7:40 PM	64 mph	Near 41.92, -94.94, IA
7:40 PM	60 mph	Near 39.45, -96.83, KS
7:45 PM	60 mph	Near 41.91, -95.06, IA
7:45 PM	60 mph	About 52 miles from Topeka, KS
7:47 PM	60 mph	Near 39.86, -96.06, KS
7:49 PM	60 mph	Near 39.87, -96.03, KS
7:51 PM	60 mph	Near 37.78, -100.03, KS
7:51 PM	55 mph	Near 42.21, -94.69, IA
7:51 PM	55 mph	Near 42.18, -94.92, IA
7:53 PM	68 mph	Near 42.74, -94.67, IA
7:55 PM	60 mph	Near 39.90, -95.91, KS
7:58 PM	60 mph	Near 39.91, -95.87, KS
7:58 PM	55 mph	Near 42.24, -94.61, IA
8:00 PM	55 mph	Near 42.21, -94.58, IA
8:02 PM	55 mph	Near 42.21, -94.56, IA
8:04 PM	64 mph	About 53 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:05 PM	55 mph	Near 42.22, -94.54, IA
8:05 PM	55 mph	Near 42.20, -94.61, IA
8:06 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
8:08 PM	55 mph	Near 42.22, -94.54, IA
8:09 PM	55 mph	Near 42.21, -94.51, IA
8:10 PM	55 mph	Near 42.20, -94.50, IA
8:10 PM	55 mph	Near 42.38, -94.41, IA
8:10 PM	60 mph	Near 42.24, -94.50, IA
8:10 PM	60 mph	About 30 miles from Topeka, KS
8:11 PM	60 mph	About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:12 PM	58 mph	Near 41.72, -94.93, IA
8:12 PM	68 mph	About 49 miles from Topeka, KS
8:15 PM	81 mph	About 41 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:15 PM	79 mph	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:15 PM	81 mph	About 53 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:15 PM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:15 PM	60 mph	Near 38.90, -97.12, KS
8:16 PM	64 mph	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:16 PM	55 mph	Near 42.23, -94.42, IA
8:17 PM	55 mph	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:17 PM	55 mph	Near 42.22, -94.41, IA
8:18 PM	55 mph	Near 42.22, -94.38, IA
8:18 PM	55 mph	Near 42.23, -94.41, IA
8:18 PM	49 mph	Near 42.23, -94.39, IA
8:19 PM	55 mph	Near 42.22, -94.40, IA
8:19 PM	55 mph	Near 42.24, -94.40, IA
8:19 PM	55 mph	Near 42.23, -94.40, IA
8:20 PM	64 mph	About 46 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:20 PM	55 mph	Near 42.23, -94.40, IA
8:22 PM	55 mph	Near 42.24, -94.37, IA
8:22 PM	55 mph	About 60 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:23 PM	49 mph	About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:23 PM	69 mph	Near 42.28, -94.37, IA
8:30 PM	81 mph	About 56 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:33 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:35 PM	62 mph	Near 38.35, -98.85, KS
8:38 PM	55 mph	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:39 PM	55 mph	About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:40 PM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:40 PM	60 mph	Near 39.09, -96.89, KS
8:41 PM	49 mph	About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:50 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:55 PM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:56 PM	60 mph	About 21 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:57 PM	55 mph	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:57 PM	55 mph	Near 43.25, -93.42, IA
8:58 PM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:58 PM	82 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:59 PM	64 mph	About 54 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:00 PM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:05 PM	64 mph	About 54 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:05 PM	60 mph	About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:10 PM	70 mph	Near 38.34, -98.35, KS
9:12 PM	64 mph	Near 43.38, -99.85, SD
9:14 PM	69 mph	About 47 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:15 PM	55 mph	Near 42.47, -93.35, IA
9:18 PM	55 mph	Near 42.47, -93.30, IA
9:19 PM	55 mph	Near 42.46, -93.26, IA
9:20 PM	64 mph	About 21 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:20 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Topeka, KS
9:21 PM	60 mph	About 44 miles from Kansas City, MO
9:25 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:25 PM	66 mph	Near 42.47, -93.26, IA
9:26 PM	60 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:34 PM	60 mph	Near 42.45, -93.07, IA
9:36 PM	60 mph	Near 42.41, -93.07, IA
9:36 PM	60 mph	Near 43.02, -92.91, IA
9:38 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Topeka, KS
9:38 PM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Topeka, KS
9:40 PM	64 mph	Near 42.43, -92.92, IA
9:41 PM	69 mph	Near 42.51, -92.93, IA
9:45 PM	70 mph	Near 42.42, -92.85, IA
9:49 PM	64 mph	About 8 miles from Des Moines, IA
9:52 PM	60 mph	About 14 miles from Topeka, KS
9:53 PM	58 mph	Near 43.12, -92.61, IA
9:53 PM	60 mph	Near 42.60, -92.68, IA
10:27 PM	58 mph	About 48 miles from Rochester, MN
10:28 PM	58 mph	About 44 miles from Rochester, MN
10:30 PM	58 mph	About 20 miles from Kansas City, MO
10:45 PM	61 mph	About 51 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
10:48 PM	59 mph	About 18 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:58 PM	60 mph	About 37 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
11:05 PM	71 mph	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
12:09 AM	59 mph	About 52 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
12:11 AM	60 mph	About 51 miles from Wichita, KS
12:30 AM	64 mph	About 39 miles from Wichita, KS
12:31 AM	68 mph	About 38 miles from Wichita, KS
12:40 AM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
12:45 AM	60 mph	About 46 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
12:52 AM	61 mph	About 35 miles from Wichita, KS
1:20 AM	70 mph	About 54 miles from Wichita, KS
1:20 AM	70 mph	About 54 miles from Wichita, KS
1:30 AM	59 mph	About 55 miles from Topeka, KS
1:51 AM	60 mph	About 54 miles from Topeka, KS
1:53 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Topeka, KS
1:55 AM	60 mph	Near 38.14, -95.71, KS
1:58 AM	60 mph	About 58 miles from Topeka, KS
2:28 AM	58 mph	Near 37.87, -95.39, KS
2:56 AM	60 mph	Near 37.84, -94.71, KS
3:30 AM	60 mph	About 13 miles from Peoria, IL
3:32 AM	60 mph	Near 37.76, -94.27, MO
3:33 AM	60 mph	Near 37.70, -94.23, MO
4:55 AM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Springfield, MO
5:00 AM	60 mph	About 2 miles from Springfield, MO
5:00 AM	60 mph	In Springfield, MO
5:10 AM	60 mph	About 6 miles from Springfield, MO
5:25 AM	60 mph	About 18 miles from Springfield, MO
5:30 AM	60 mph	About 32 miles from Springfield, MO

By state

State	Reports	Hail	Wind	Tornado
Iowa	134	4	95	35
Kansas	83	29	54	0
Nebraska	27	22	5	0
Missouri	10	0	10	0
Virginia	9	0	9	0
Maryland	4	0	4	0
New Jersey	4	0	4	0
South Carolina	3	0	3	0
Delaware	2	0	2	0
Minnesota	2	1	1	0
New York	2	0	2	0
South Dakota	2	0	2	0
Colorado	1	0	1	0
District of Columbia	1	0	1	0
Florida	1	0	1	0
Georgia	1	0	1	0
Illinois	1	0	1	0
Massachusetts	1	0	0	1
North Dakota	1	0	1	0
Wisconsin	1	1	0	0

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lincoln, NE	1.25 in	None	0
Duluth, MN	0.75 in	None	0
Columbia, SC	None	63 mph	0
Des Moines, IA	None	64 mph	0
New York, NY	None	60 mph	0
Omaha, NE	None	58 mph	0
Peoria, IL	None	60 mph	0
Springfield, MO	None	60 mph	0
Topeka, KS	None	60 mph	0
Washington, DC	None	60 mph	0
Worcester, MA	None	None	1

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