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Iowa storm reports for August 2, 2015

NOAA recorded 21 hail reports, 5 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Iowa on August 2, 2015.

in Iowa
27
Storm reports
About 43 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA
70 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 57 miles from Des Moines, IA
1
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

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 2, 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

Hail21, most at 6 PM

Wind5, most at 6 PM

Tornado1, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:21 PMEF1About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA4.97 mi long, 300 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Davenport, IA1.25 inNone0
Des Moines, IANone60 mph0

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