Iowa storm reports for April 30, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, April 30, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 48 hail reports, 3 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Iowa on April 30, 2024.

in Iowa; 52
Storm reports: About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 41 miles from Omaha, NE; 70 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 54 miles from Des Moines, IA; 1
Tornado reports

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

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 30, 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

Hail48, most at 6 PM

Wind3, most at 3 PM

Tornado1, most at 7 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
7:12 PM	EF1	About 54 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.95 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:24 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Omaha, NE
3:25 PM	1.75 in	About 25 miles from Omaha, NE
3:33 PM	2.25 in	About 30 miles from Omaha, NE
3:56 PM	0.75 in	About 60 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
4:00 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.87, -95.93, IA
4:02 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.86, -95.91, IA
4:04 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.90, -95.88, IA
4:05 PM	1.75 in	About 47 miles from Omaha, NE
4:18 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.98, -95.67, IA
4:26 PM	1.0 in	About 56 miles from Omaha, NE
4:36 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.07, -95.40, IA
4:37 PM	2.0 in	Near 41.18, -94.83, IA

Show all 48 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
4:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.89, -95.23, IA
4:59 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.20, -94.66, IA
5:21 PM	1.0 in	About 52 miles from Omaha, NE
5:21 PM	0.88 in	About 46 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:22 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:24 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:33 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:35 PM	1.5 in	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:03 PM	1.0 in	About 43 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:03 PM	1.0 in	About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:05 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:08 PM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:11 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:12 PM	1.75 in	About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:13 PM	1.25 in	About 40 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:15 PM	1.75 in	About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:15 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.99, -94.74, IA
6:16 PM	0.75 in	About 33 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:18 PM	0.75 in	About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:18 PM	1.0 in	About 54 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:20 PM	1.25 in	About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:22 PM	0.75 in	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:24 PM	1.0 in	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:28 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:29 PM	0.75 in	About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:38 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:38 PM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:39 PM	0.75 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:43 PM	1.75 in	About 52 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:43 PM	1.0 in	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:45 PM	0.88 in	About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:48 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA
7:28 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.80, -93.05, IA
7:35 PM	2.75 in	About 59 miles from Des Moines, IA
7:50 PM	1.25 in	Near 40.80, -92.87, IA
8:30 PM	1.0 in	About 51 miles from Des Moines, IA

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

Time	Gust	Where
3:25 PM	61 mph	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
4:13 PM	70 mph	About 41 miles from Omaha, NE
5:28 PM	58 mph	About 52 miles from Des Moines, IA