Iowa storm reports for September 3, 2018

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, September 3, 2018
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 5 tornado reports in Iowa on September 3, 2018.

in Iowa; 5
Storm reports: Highest rating EF1, about 14 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA; 5
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports.

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.

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 September 3, 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

Tornado5, most at 4 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
4:40 PM	EF0	About 21 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.01 mi long, 15 yd wide
4:45 PM	EF0	About 20 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.01 mi long, 15 yd wide
5:31 PM	EF1	About 14 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	4.98 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:08 PM	EF0	About 22 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.01 mi long, 15 yd wide
9:08 PM	EF1	About 3 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	2.18 mi long, 30 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Cedar Rapids, IA	None	None	2

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