Iowa storm reports for July 19, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, July 19, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 8 wind reports and 21 tornado reports in Iowa on July 19, 2018.

in Iowa; 36
Storm reports: About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA; 1.5 in
Largest hail: Near 41.11, -92.45, IA; 71 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 36 miles from Des Moines, IA; 21
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

Wind report
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path

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 July 19, 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

Hail7, most at 4 PM

Wind8, most at 6 PM

Tornado21, most at 2 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:30 PM	EF0	Near 42.65, -93.80, IA	3.5 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:35 PM	EF0	Near 42.58, -93.78, IA	4.43 mi long, 80 yd wide
2:42 PM	EF0	Near 42.58, -93.71, IA	1.28 mi long, 60 yd wide
2:48 PM	EF0	About 12 miles from Des Moines, IA	0.88 mi long, 50 yd wide
2:50 PM	EF2	About 12 miles from Des Moines, IA	3.68 mi long, 130 yd wide
2:51 PM	EF2	About 10 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.95 mi long, 100 yd wide
2:52 PM	EF0	About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.07 mi long, 40 yd wide
2:56 PM	EF0	Near 42.49, -93.66, IA	2.67 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:18 PM	EF0	About 15 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.35 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:22 PM	EF0	About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.79 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:28 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.62 mi long, 80 yd wide
3:35 PM	EF0	About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.48 mi long, 40 yd wide

Show all 21 tornado reports

Time	Rating	Where	Path
3:45 PM	EF1	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA	3.96 mi long, 500 yd wide
3:56 PM	EF0	About 33 miles from Des Moines, IA	0.99 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:01 PM	EF3	About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA	9.17 mi long, 800 yd wide
4:11 PM	EF0	About 44 miles from Des Moines, IA	0.85 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:15 PM	EF0	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.16 mi long, 60 yd wide
4:24 PM	EF3	About 46 miles from Des Moines, IA	8.41 mi long, 1200 yd wide
4:50 PM	EF0	About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.24 mi long, 60 yd wide
6:07 PM	EF1	Near 40.80, -91.97, IA	2.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:09 PM	EF1	Near 40.75, -91.96, IA	0.19 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
4:10 PM	0.88 in	About 30 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:14 PM	1.5 in	About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:45 PM	0.75 in	About 35 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:42 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.02, -92.46, IA
6:38 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.71, -91.96, IA
6:54 PM	0.88 in	Near 40.53, -91.57, IA
7:19 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.41, -91.40, IA

Time	Gust	Where
5:10 PM	70 mph	Near 41.23, -92.39, IA
5:12 PM	71 mph	Near 41.11, -92.45, IA
6:00 PM	69 mph	Near 40.81, -91.98, IA
6:00 PM	58 mph	Near 40.76, -91.98, IA
6:34 PM	70 mph	Near 40.64, -91.74, IA
6:39 PM	70 mph	Near 40.59, -91.68, IA
6:43 PM	70 mph	Near 40.64, -91.57, IA
7:15 PM	70 mph	Near 40.44, -91.45, IA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Des Moines, IA	None	None	4

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