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Storm reports for March 5, 2022

NOAA recorded 49 hail reports, 161 wind reports and 22 tornado reports in 8 states on March 5, 2022.

in 8 states
232
Storm reports
About 53 miles from Des Moines, IA
2.75 in
Largest hail
About 39 miles from Davenport, IA
85 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF4, about 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
22
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

  • Wind report
  • Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
  • 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 5, 2022 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. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

What happened

On March 5, 2022, a tornado touched down northwest of Macksburg, Iowa, at 4:26 p.m. CST and stayed on the ground for 70.6 miles, passing Winterset and Norwalk before ending near Newton at 6:00 p.m.1 NWS Des Moines rated it EF4, with peak winds near 170 mph and a width of up to 900 yards. It killed 6 people and injured 5.1 Several homes were heavily damaged or destroyed along Carver Road southwest of Winterset, where all 6 deaths occurred.2 In Polk County it did EF2 damage to a couple of homes on the north edge of Avon and damaged buildings in the Woodland Hills neighborhood.3 In Jasper County, damage to buildings was mostly minor, such as lost shingles and broken windows. NOAA's Storm Events Database says the tornado's damage ran into the hundreds of millions of dollars.4

An EF2 tornado with peak winds of 122 mph grazed Garden Grove and Humeston between 5:07 and 5:33 p.m.1 At 5:33 p.m., an EF3 tornado with peak winds of 138 mph passed just south of Chariton and through Red Haw State Park, killing 1 person and injuring 1.1,5 Earlier, at about 4:12 p.m., hail 2.75 inches across fell near Orient in Adair County, where a storm chaser reported heavy damage to vehicles. Hail 2.5 inches or larger fell in Pleasant Hill at 5:23 p.m.6,7

Sources

  1. 1. NWS Des Moines: March 5th, 2022 Tornadoes
  2. 2. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1007076, tornado, Madison County, Iowa
  3. 3. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1007096, tornado, Polk County, Iowa
  4. 4. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1007103, tornado, Jasper County, Iowa
  5. 5. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1007112, tornado, Lucas County, Iowa
  6. 6. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1015787, hail, Adair County, Iowa
  7. 7. NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: Storm Events Database: Event 1015790, hail, Polk County, Iowa

Reports by hour

Hail49, most at 4 PM

Wind161, most at 2 AM

Tornado22, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
3:02 PMEF0About 39 miles from Omaha, NE0.01 mi long, 17 yd wide
3:38 PMNot ratedNear 40.93, -94.79, IA1.48 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:01 PMEF0About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA2.84 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:26 PMEF4About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA70.57 mi long, 900 yd wide
5:07 PMEF2About 56 miles from Des Moines, IA19.42 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:20 PMNot ratedAbout 50 miles from Des Moines, IA2.07 mi long, 60 yd wide
5:28 PMNot ratedAbout 47 miles from Des Moines, IA2.07 mi long, 60 yd wide
5:33 PMEF3About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA11.28 mi long, 350 yd wide
5:38 PMEF2Near 40.68, -93.39, IA9.87 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:40 PMEF0About 44 miles from Des Moines, IA0.25 mi long, 60 yd wide
6:04 PMEF2About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA17.31 mi long, 500 yd wide
6:33 PMEF2About 49 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA8.54 mi long, 200 yd wide
Show all 22 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
7:10 PMEF1About 28 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA13.98 mi long, 400 yd wide
8:37 PMEF1About 5 miles from Davenport, IA4.09 mi long, 300 yd wide
8:37 PMEF0About 6 miles from Davenport, IA0.11 mi long, 25 yd wide
9:13 PMEF1About 29 miles from Davenport, IA3.98 mi long, 50 yd wide
9:48 PMEF1About 19 miles from Madison, WI5.98 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:11 PMEF0About 42 miles from Peoria, IL6.93 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:57 PMEF1Near 39.40, -89.66, IL3.89 mi long, 40 yd wide
1:05 AMEF0Near 40.82, -86.55, IN0.41 mi long, 25 yd wide
3:21 AMEF0About 36 miles from Dayton, OH2.87 mi long, 100 yd wide
3:23 AMEF0About 34 miles from Dayton, OH2.52 mi long, 100 yd wide

By state

StateReportsHailWindTornado
Illinois762713
Indiana591571
Iowa48191415
Missouri322570
Ohio9072
Wisconsin6141
Michigan1010
Minnesota1100

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Des Moines, IA2.5 inNone0
Fort Wayne, IN0.88 in69 mph0
Cedar Rapids, IA0.75 in60 mph0
Peoria, IL0.75 inNone0
Chicago, ILNone75 mph0
Cleveland, OHNone58 mph0
Davenport, IANone64 mph2
Indianapolis, INNone60 mph0
Rockford, ILNone81 mph0
South Bend, INNone63 mph0

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