Iowa storm reports for March 28, 2020

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, March 28, 2020
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 10 hail reports, 2 wind reports and 9 tornado reports in Iowa on March 28, 2020.

in Iowa; 21
Storm reports: About 39 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA; 1.75 in
Largest hail: About 48 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA; 68 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, near 41.15, -94.64, IA; 9
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 March 28, 2020 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

Hail10, most at 5 PM

Wind2, most at 5 PM

Tornado9, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
1:59 PM	EF1	Near 41.15, -94.64, IA	7.47 mi long, 115 yd wide
4:26 PM	EF0	About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.3 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:39 PM	Not rated	About 47 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	2.32 mi long, 40 yd wide
5:49 PM	EF0	About 48 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	2.06 mi long, 115 yd wide
5:55 PM	Not rated	About 48 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	0.32 mi long, 20 yd wide
6:15 PM	EF1	About 43 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	7.38 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:30 PM	EF1	About 49 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	3.93 mi long, 140 yd wide
6:40 PM	EF0	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	3.6 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:25 PM	EF1	Near 42.59, -90.81, IA	3.8 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:52 PM	0.75 in	About 8 miles from Davenport, IA
4:30 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.13, -93.47, IA
5:19 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.40, -94.63, IA
5:30 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.40, -94.63, IA
5:33 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.51, -94.55, IA
5:37 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.53, -94.54, IA
6:28 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
7:11 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.86, -91.40, IA
7:20 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.05, -91.39, IA
7:21 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.05, -91.39, IA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Davenport, IA	0.75 in	None	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	Gust	Where
5:37 PM	58 mph	About 56 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
8:02 PM	68 mph	About 48 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA