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Iowa storm reports for April 26, 2024

NOAA recorded 11 hail reports, 1 wind report and 27 tornado reports in Iowa on April 26, 2024.

in Iowa
39
Storm reports
Near 40.71, -94.24, IA
3.0 in
Largest hail
About 37 miles from Des Moines, IA
72 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF3, about 8 miles from Omaha, NE
27
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 26, 2024 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

Hail11, most at 12 PM

Wind1, most at 8 PM

Tornado27, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:52 PMEF1About 20 miles from Omaha, NE2.7 mi long, 80 yd wide
4:52 PMEF1About 34 miles from Omaha, NE9.12 mi long, 766 yd wide
4:54 PMEF3About 8 miles from Omaha, NE19.06 mi long, 550 yd wide
4:59 PMEF0About 38 miles from Omaha, NE2.64 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:08 PMEF3About 18 miles from Omaha, NE13.31 mi long, 900 yd wide
5:17 PMEF0About 48 miles from Omaha, NE1.47 mi long, 100 yd wide
5:23 PMEF1About 50 miles from Omaha, NE3.29 mi long, 250 yd wide
5:25 PMEF3About 23 miles from Omaha, NE40.27 mi long, 1900 yd wide
5:40 PMEF1About 30 miles from Omaha, NE1.84 mi long, 30 yd wide
6:28 PMEF2About 58 miles from Omaha, NE9.26 mi long, 200 yd wide
6:30 PMNot ratedAbout 56 miles from Omaha, NE2.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:49 PMEF1About 53 miles from Omaha, NE13.03 mi long, 300 yd wide
Show all 27 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
6:52 PMEF2Near 40.98, -94.49, IA9.71 mi long, 350 yd wide
7:14 PMEF1About 49 miles from Des Moines, IA2.85 mi long, 80 yd wide
7:19 PMEF2About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA13.86 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:36 PMEF1Near 40.62, -94.31, IA11.68 mi long, 300 yd wide
7:38 PMEF1About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA9.43 mi long, 150 yd wide
7:51 PMEF2About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA6.65 mi long, 130 yd wide
7:51 PMEF1Near 40.73, -94.14, IA9.07 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:57 PMNot ratedAbout 30 miles from Des Moines, IA0.56 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:16 PMNot ratedAbout 22 miles from Des Moines, IA1.43 mi long, 30 yd wide
8:19 PMEF2Near 40.78, -94.29, IA10.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
8:21 PMEF0About 13 miles from Des Moines, IA3.65 mi long, 50 yd wide
8:31 PMEF2About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA5.84 mi long, 75 yd wide
8:50 PMEF2About 2 miles from Des Moines, IA7.61 mi long, 150 yd wide
9:42 PMEF1About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA4.09 mi long, 80 yd wide
9:55 PMNot ratedAbout 33 miles from Des Moines, IA1.66 mi long, 50 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Des Moines, IA1.0 inNone2

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