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Iowa storm reports for March 15, 2016

NOAA recorded 23 hail reports and 4 tornado reports in Iowa on March 15, 2016.

in Iowa
27
Storm reports
About 30 miles from Davenport, IA
2.5 in
Largest hail
Highest rating EF1, about 23 miles from Davenport, IA
4
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.

  • 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 March 15, 2016 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

Hail23, most at 6 PM

Tornado4, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:33 PMEF0About 16 miles from Davenport, IA0.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:34 PMEF0About 16 miles from Davenport, IA1.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:49 PMEF1About 23 miles from Davenport, IA1.35 mi long, 75 yd wide
7:57 PMEF1About 30 miles from Davenport, IA3.38 mi long, 300 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.