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Iowa storm reports for April 12, 2022

NOAA recorded 38 hail reports, 20 wind reports and 13 tornado reports in Iowa on April 12, 2022.

in Iowa
71
Storm reports
Near 42.77, -94.47, IA
2.5 in
Largest hail
About 41 miles from Omaha, NE
76 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 42.65, -94.54, IA
13
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 April 12, 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.

Reports by hour

Hail38, most at 5 PM

Wind20, most at 11 PM

Tornado13, most at 10 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
6:15 PMEF2Near 42.65, -94.54, IA7.17 mi long, 450 yd wide
6:28 PMEF1Near 42.72, -94.35, IA3.34 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:39 PMEF2Near 42.79, -94.33, IA4.85 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:33 PMEF0Near 42.93, -93.82, IA1.65 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:08 PMEF1About 21 miles from Omaha, NE9.55 mi long, 140 yd wide
8:25 PMEF0About 36 miles from Omaha, NE2.3 mi long, 200 yd wide
10:26 PMEF1Near 43.11, -93.20, IA4.49 mi long, 100 yd wide
10:34 PMEF1About 59 miles from Rochester, MN1.19 mi long, 70 yd wide
10:41 PMEF0Near 43.16, -92.94, IA8.14 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:57 PMEF1About 49 miles from Rochester, MN2.8 mi long, 250 yd wide
10:57 PMEF1About 53 miles from Rochester, MN9.09 mi long, 325 yd wide
11:10 PMEF0About 47 miles from Rochester, MN4.5 mi long, 125 yd wide
11:36 PMEF0About 55 miles from Rochester, MN0.6 mi long, 125 yd wide

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