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Iowa storm reports for November 11, 2015

NOAA recorded 6 hail reports, 62 wind reports and 19 tornado reports in Iowa on November 11, 2015.

in Iowa
87
Storm reports
Near 42.52, -95.94, IA
0.88 in
Largest hail
About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, about 57 miles from Des Moines, IA
19
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 November 11, 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

Hail6, most at 12 PM

Wind62, most at 3 PM

Tornado19, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
12:48 PMEF0About 55 miles from Omaha, NE0.57 mi long, 50 yd wide
1:48 PMEF1About 37 miles from Omaha, NE10.21 mi long, 150 yd wide
2:00 PMEF1Near 40.72, -94.56, IA21.8 mi long, 450 yd wide
2:09 PMEF1Near 40.66, -94.34, IA12.18 mi long, 280 yd wide
2:31 PMEF0Near 41.89, -95.01, IA1.49 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:35 PMEF1Near 40.76, -94.04, IA11.17 mi long, 200 yd wide
2:49 PMEF0About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA5.72 mi long, 70 yd wide
2:51 PMEF1About 33 miles from Des Moines, IA10.07 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:56 PMEF0About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA2.97 mi long, 160 yd wide
2:57 PMEF0Near 40.64, -93.31, IA0.6 mi long, 15 yd wide
2:57 PMEF0About 43 miles from Des Moines, IA3.19 mi long, 75 yd wide
2:59 PMEF1About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA11.28 mi long, 100 yd wide
Show all 19 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
3:22 PMEF2About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA13.03 mi long, 190 yd wide
3:27 PMEF0About 5 miles from Des Moines, IA2.59 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:42 PMEF1About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA4.38 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:15 PMEF0About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA1.86 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:16 PMEF1About 59 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA24.64 mi long, 130 yd wide
4:20 PMEF2About 56 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA6.6 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:36 PMEF1About 12 miles from Davenport, IA2.37 mi long, 100 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cedar Rapids, IANone60 mph0
Davenport, IANone69 mph1
Des Moines, IANone64 mph1

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