Iowa storm reports for August 19, 2019

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, August 19, 2019
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 25 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Iowa on August 19, 2019.

in Iowa; 30
Storm reports: Near 43.43, -94.95, IA; 1.0 in
Largest hail: Near 42.51, -95.52, IA; 81 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, about 22 miles from Des Moines, IA; 3
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 19, 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

Hail2, most at 3 AM

Wind25, most at 5 AM

Tornado3, most at 5 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
5:21 AM	EF1	About 18 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.24 mi long, 150 yd wide
5:55 AM	EF3	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA	5.4 mi long, 710 yd wide
6:21 AM	EF1	About 42 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.58 mi long, 120 yd wide

Time	Gust	Where
2:25 AM	70 mph	About 45 miles from Omaha, NE
2:30 AM	60 mph	About 50 miles from Omaha, NE
2:32 AM	64 mph	Near 42.46, -95.68, IA
2:39 AM	70 mph	Near 42.48, -95.54, IA
2:44 AM	81 mph	Near 42.51, -95.52, IA
2:58 AM	64 mph	Near 42.36, -95.65, IA
3:36 AM	64 mph	Near 42.38, -95.52, IA
4:50 AM	70 mph	About 13 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:13 AM	70 mph	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:14 AM	70 mph	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:15 AM	64 mph	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:20 AM	60 mph	About 53 miles from Des Moines, IA

Show all 25 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:25 AM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:27 AM	75 mph	About 21 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:29 AM	64 mph	About 6 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 AM	64 mph	About 7 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:59 AM	70 mph	About 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:00 AM	75 mph	About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:01 AM	70 mph	About 25 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:10 AM	70 mph	About 37 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:15 AM	58 mph	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:18 AM	64 mph	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:30 AM	70 mph	About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:50 AM	64 mph	About 52 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:53 AM	58 mph	Near 41.02, -92.42, 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	0.75 in	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.

Time	Size	Where
3:50 AM	1.0 in	Near 43.43, -94.95, IA
5:28 AM	0.75 in	About 12 miles from Des Moines, IA