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Iowa storm reports for May 1, 2018

NOAA recorded 39 hail reports and 4 wind reports in Iowa on May 1, 2018.

in Iowa
43
Storm reports
About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
2.0 in
Largest hail
About 44 miles from Omaha, NE
90 mph
Highest gust
0
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
  • 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 1, 2018 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

Hail39, most at 5 PM

Wind4, most at 7 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeSizeWhere
7:25 AM0.88 inAbout 6 miles from Des Moines, IA
8:00 AM0.88 inAbout 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:23 PM1.5 inNear 42.66, -95.60, IA
4:25 PM1.0 inAbout 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:31 PM0.75 inAbout 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:36 PM1.5 inNear 42.71, -95.44, IA
4:40 PM1.25 inNear 42.71, -95.44, IA
4:45 PM1.0 inAbout 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:49 PM1.75 inAbout 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:52 PM1.0 inAbout 28 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:00 PM1.5 inNear 42.78, -95.25, IA
5:06 PM1.5 inAbout 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
Show all 39 hail reports
TimeSizeWhere
5:09 PM1.75 inAbout 25 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:15 PM1.0 inAbout 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:15 PM1.25 inNear 42.85, -95.15, IA
5:22 PM1.25 inAbout 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:27 PM1.0 inAbout 29 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:29 PM1.5 inAbout 30 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 PM1.75 inNear 42.85, -95.03, IA
5:30 PM1.5 inAbout 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 PM1.25 inNear 42.85, -94.85, IA
5:30 PM1.0 inAbout 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:34 PM1.5 inNear 42.85, -95.01, IA
5:35 PM1.25 inNear 42.85, -94.98, IA
5:45 PM1.0 inAbout 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:46 PM2.0 inAbout 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:46 PM1.75 inNear 42.86, -94.83, IA
5:54 PM1.5 inNear 42.85, -94.85, IA
5:55 PM0.75 inNear 42.81, -94.53, IA
6:24 PM0.88 inAbout 49 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:44 PM1.5 inNear 42.87, -94.29, IA
6:48 PM1.5 inNear 42.87, -94.29, IA
6:53 PM1.25 inNear 42.89, -94.27, IA
6:55 PM2.0 inNear 42.87, -94.18, IA
7:19 PM1.0 inAbout 40 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:20 PM0.88 inAbout 40 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:26 PM0.88 inAbout 59 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:26 PM0.88 inAbout 60 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
7:48 PM0.88 inAbout 44 miles from Sioux Falls, SD

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Des Moines, IA0.88 inNone0

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