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Iowa storm reports for October 9, 2018

NOAA recorded 11 tornado reports in Iowa on October 9, 2018.

in Iowa
11
Storm reports
Highest rating EF1, about 56 miles from Des Moines, IA
11
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 October 9, 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

Tornado11, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:24 PMEF0Near 40.68, -92.90, IA1.63 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:34 PMEF0Near 40.77, -92.88, IA0.45 mi long, 20 yd wide
3:48 PMEF0About 21 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
4:14 PMEF0About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA1.77 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:20 PMEF0About 42 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA2.28 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:35 PMEF0Near 40.73, -94.46, IA3.13 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:09 PMEF1About 56 miles from Des Moines, IA2.3 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:21 PMEF0About 59 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA1.9 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:42 PMEF0About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA3.05 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:58 PMEF0About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA1.57 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:03 PMEF1About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA2.71 mi long, 80 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.