Iowa storm reports for August 5, 2019

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, August 5, 2019
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 7 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Iowa on August 5, 2019.

in Iowa; 8
Storm reports: Near 43.32, -93.21, IA; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA; 1
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 August 5, 2019 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

Wind7, most at 7 PM

Tornado1, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
10:07 PM	EF1	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.3 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
7:19 PM	64 mph	Near 43.28, -93.38, IA
7:26 PM	61 mph	Near 43.28, -93.36, IA
7:31 PM	70 mph	Near 43.32, -93.21, IA
8:24 PM	52 mph	Near 43.20, -91.53, IA
8:39 PM	60 mph	Near 42.70, -93.90, IA
8:55 PM	60 mph	Near 42.51, -93.91, IA
10:40 PM	70 mph	About 3 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA

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	70 mph	0

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