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Iowa storm reports for May 6, 2024

NOAA recorded 5 hail reports, 31 wind reports and 8 tornado reports in Iowa on May 6, 2024.

in Iowa
44
Storm reports
About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
1.0 in
Largest hail
About 23 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
81 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF1, about 26 miles from Omaha, NE
8
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 May 6, 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

Hail5, most at 10 PM

Wind31, most at 9 PM

Tornado8, most at 1 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
8:48 PMEF1About 26 miles from Omaha, NE5.66 mi long, 250 yd wide
9:07 PMEF1About 29 miles from Omaha, NE1.53 mi long, 200 yd wide
9:13 PMEF1About 31 miles from Omaha, NE3.98 mi long, 450 yd wide
12:38 AMEF1About 43 miles from Des Moines, IA6.16 mi long, 80 yd wide
12:53 AMEF0About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA2.01 mi long, 80 yd wide
1:12 AMEF0About 17 miles from Des Moines, IA3.12 mi long, 80 yd wide
1:35 AMEF0About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA0.14 mi long, 30 yd wide
1:37 AMEF0About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA4.96 mi long, 80 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Davenport, IA1.0 in64 mph0

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