Iowa storm reports for May 20, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, May 20, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 25 hail reports, 14 wind reports and 1 tornado report in Iowa on May 20, 2024.

in Iowa; 40
Storm reports: Near 43.06, -95.34, IA; 3.0 in
Largest hail: Near 42.40, -96.36, IA; 75 mph
Highest gust: 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
Surveyed wind damage

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
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 20, 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

Hail25, most at 7 PM

Wind14, most at 6 AM

Tornado1, most at 8 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
8:18 PM	Not rated	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE	0.42 mi long, 20 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
6:42 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:51 PM	1.0 in	About 59 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
6:58 PM	1.75 in	Near 43.18, -95.64, IA
7:14 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.21, -95.60, IA
7:39 PM	2.0 in	Near 43.07, -95.37, IA
7:40 PM	2.5 in	Near 43.08, -95.31, IA
7:44 PM	3.0 in	Near 43.06, -95.34, IA
7:48 PM	2.0 in	Near 43.07, -95.28, IA
7:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.89, -95.88, IA
8:15 PM	1.5 in	Near 43.02, -95.15, IA
8:32 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.95, -95.01, IA
8:50 PM	1.0 in	Near 43.24, -94.04, IA

Show all 25 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
8:50 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.90, -95.63, IA
9:04 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.98, -94.74, IA
9:05 PM	1.25 in	About 57 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
9:21 PM	1.75 in	Near 42.94, -94.68, IA
9:30 PM	1.5 in	Near 42.82, -95.40, IA
9:41 PM	1.0 in	About 47 miles from Omaha, NE
9:49 PM	2.0 in	About 48 miles from Omaha, NE
10:42 PM	1.25 in	Near 42.40, -96.36, IA
11:27 PM	0.88 in	About 60 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
1:16 AM	0.75 in	About 2 miles from Des Moines, IA
1:18 AM	1.0 in	About 2 miles from Des Moines, IA
1:21 AM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:06 AM	1.75 in	About 10 miles from Omaha, NE

Time	Gust	Where
10:42 PM	72 mph	Near 42.40, -96.38, IA
10:42 PM	75 mph	Near 42.40, -96.36, IA
1:38 AM	64 mph	Near 41.73, -94.94, IA
1:38 AM	58 mph	Near 41.72, -94.93, IA
1:39 AM	60 mph	Near 41.72, -94.92, IA
1:50 AM	70 mph	Near 42.77, -93.23, IA
2:55 AM	60 mph	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:06 AM	70 mph	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:15 AM	70 mph	About 54 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:19 AM	71 mph	Near 42.38, -96.38, IA
6:24 AM	75 mph	Near 42.53, -96.36, IA
6:26 AM	60 mph	Near 42.48, -96.33, IA
6:43 AM	64 mph	Near 42.66, -96.09, IA
6:45 AM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA

Cities with reports nearby

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

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Des Moines, IA	1.0 in	None	0

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