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Iowa storm reports for August 10, 2020

NOAA recorded 2 hail reports, 140 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Iowa on August 10, 2020.

in Iowa
147
Storm reports
Near 42.21, -94.94, IA
1.5 in
Largest hail
About 33 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
145 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
5
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on August 10, 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

Hail2, most at 9 AM

Wind140, most at 11 AM

Tornado5, most at 11 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
11:30 AMNot ratedAbout 41 miles from Des Moines, IA1.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:36 AMNot ratedAbout 47 miles from Des Moines, IA0.42 mi long, 50 yd wide
11:39 AMEF1About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA2.88 mi long, 100 yd wide
12:01 PMNot ratedAbout 50 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA1.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
12:31 PMNot ratedAbout 5 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA0.92 mi long, 40 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Cedar Rapids, IANone140 mph1
Des Moines, 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.