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Iowa storm reports for May 13, 2023

NOAA recorded 3 hail reports and 17 tornado reports in Iowa on May 13, 2023.

in Iowa
20
Storm reports
About 28 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
1.25 in
Largest hail
Highest rating EF0, about 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
17
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.

  • 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 May 13, 2023 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

Hail3, most at 12 PM

Tornado17, most at 6 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
1:21 PMNot ratedNear 42.57, -95.30, IA0.01 mi long, 10 yd wide
1:22 PMEF0About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA1.07 mi long, 40 yd wide
1:36 PMNot ratedNear 42.52, -95.25, IA0.28 mi long, 30 yd wide
1:50 PMNot ratedNear 42.56, -95.22, IA0.99 mi long, 75 yd wide
3:23 PMNot ratedAbout 34 miles from Des Moines, IA0.52 mi long, 30 yd wide
3:29 PMEF0About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA0.54 mi long, 50 yd wide
3:52 PMEF0About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA0.66 mi long, 40 yd wide
4:15 PMNot ratedNear 42.60, -94.90, IA1.17 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:17 PMEF0Near 42.63, -94.94, IA1.96 mi long, 75 yd wide
4:51 PMNot ratedNear 42.55, -94.89, IA0.62 mi long, 30 yd wide
5:18 PMNot ratedAbout 56 miles from Des Moines, IA0.42 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:20 PMNot ratedAbout 25 miles from Des Moines, IA0.31 mi long, 30 yd wide
Show all 17 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:22 PMEF0Near 42.55, -94.64, IA1.35 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:26 PMNot ratedNear 42.76, -94.76, IA0.47 mi long, 40 yd wide
6:52 PMNot ratedNear 42.68, -94.70, IA0.48 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:52 PMEF0About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA0.92 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:22 PMNot ratedNear 42.85, -94.67, IA0.63 mi long, 30 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.