Iowa storm reports for April 9, 2015

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, April 9, 2015
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 20 hail reports, 1 wind report and 2 tornado reports in Iowa on April 9, 2015.

in Iowa; 23
Storm reports: About 18 miles from Davenport, IA; 2.0 in
Largest hail: About 56 miles from Des Moines, IA; 60 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 16 miles from Davenport, 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 9, 2015 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

Hail20, most at 5 PM

Wind1, most at 2 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:04 PM	EF1	About 16 miles from Davenport, IA	22.38 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:40 PM	EF1	About 23 miles from Davenport, IA	12.47 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:15 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Des Moines, IA
1:28 PM	0.88 in	About 52 miles from Des Moines, IA
2:10 PM	1.25 in	About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:40 PM	1.0 in	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:07 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.64, -91.98, IA
4:11 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:15 PM	1.25 in	About 34 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:20 PM	0.75 in	About 2 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:45 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.69, -91.63, IA
4:52 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.90, -91.37, IA
4:55 PM	0.75 in	About 14 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:09 PM	0.75 in	About 18 miles from Davenport, IA

Show all 20 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:10 PM	0.88 in	About 48 miles from Davenport, IA
5:12 PM	1.75 in	About 16 miles from Davenport, IA
5:15 PM	0.88 in	About 9 miles from Davenport, IA
5:28 PM	1.0 in	About 18 miles from Davenport, IA
5:30 PM	0.88 in	About 10 miles from Davenport, IA
5:34 PM	2.0 in	About 18 miles from Davenport, IA
5:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.51, -90.76, IA
5:54 PM	0.88 in	About 29 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
Davenport, IA	0.88 in	None	0
Cedar Rapids, IA	0.75 in	None	0

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