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Iowa storm reports for May 16, 2015

NOAA recorded 13 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Iowa on May 16, 2015.

in Iowa
18
Storm reports
About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
86 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 18 miles from Des Moines, IA
5
Tornado reports
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 16, 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

Wind13, most at 2 AM

Tornado5, most at 2 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
2:20 AMEF0About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA7.11 mi long, 130 yd wide
2:27 AMEF0About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA1.7 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:40 AMEF1About 18 miles from Des Moines, IA1.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:40 AMEF1About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA1.54 mi long, 110 yd wide
3:00 AMEF0About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA0.32 mi long, 40 yd wide

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