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Iowa storm reports for August 17, 2019

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 15 wind reports and 2 tornado reports in Iowa on August 17, 2019.

in Iowa
24
Storm reports
Near 43.43, -95.38, IA
0.88 in
Largest hail
Near 43.38, -95.14, IA
93 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 24 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
2
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
  • 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 17, 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

Hail7, most at 4 AM

Wind15, most at 11 PM

Tornado2, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
10:34 PMEF1About 24 miles from Sioux Falls, SD6.95 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:40 AMEF0About 16 miles from Davenport, IA0.1 mi long, 20 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cedar Rapids, IA0.88 in75 mph0
Davenport, IANone81 mph0

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