Iowa storm reports for May 23, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, May 23, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 24 hail reports, 81 wind reports and 15 tornado reports in Iowa on May 23, 2024.

in Iowa; 120
Storm reports: About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA; 2.75 in
Largest hail: About 27 miles from Omaha, NE; 107 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 22 miles from Omaha, NE; 15
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 23, 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

Hail24, most at 3 AM

Wind81, most at 5 AM

Tornado15, most at 3 AM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
2:41 AM	EF1	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE	0.65 mi long, 150 yd wide
3:00 AM	EF0	About 24 miles from Omaha, NE	0.25 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:10 AM	EF0	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE	2.09 mi long, 60 yd wide
3:13 AM	EF0	About 48 miles from Omaha, NE	0.09 mi long, 40 yd wide
3:22 AM	EF0	About 50 miles from Omaha, NE	1.16 mi long, 30 yd wide
4:38 AM	EF0	About 18 miles from Des Moines, IA	9.17 mi long, 80 yd wide
4:42 AM	EF0	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA	10.7 mi long, 180 yd wide
4:53 AM	EF0	About 8 miles from Des Moines, IA	3.2 mi long, 100 yd wide
4:57 AM	EF0	About 13 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.17 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:07 AM	EF0	About 13 miles from Des Moines, IA	1.52 mi long, 50 yd wide
5:10 AM	EF1	About 55 miles from Des Moines, IA	2.87 mi long, 75 yd wide
5:56 AM	EF1	About 57 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	7.17 mi long, 70 yd wide
6:26 AM	EF1	About 39 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	18.32 mi long, 100 yd wide
6:45 AM	EF1	About 36 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	22.52 mi long, 150 yd wide
6:55 AM	EF1	About 39 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	15.04 mi long, 75 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
1:40 AM	1.25 in	Near 42.61, -95.00, IA
2:05 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.40, -94.63, IA
2:48 AM	1.75 in	Near 43.14, -95.10, IA
3:05 AM	2.0 in	Near 43.27, -95.15, IA
3:07 AM	1.0 in	Near 43.31, -95.12, IA
3:10 AM	0.88 in	About 16 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:20 AM	1.25 in	About 28 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:20 AM	1.0 in	Near 43.41, -95.16, IA
3:23 AM	1.75 in	About 58 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:30 AM	1.0 in	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:46 AM	0.75 in	About 25 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:52 AM	2.75 in	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA

Show all 24 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
3:53 AM	2.0 in	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
3:58 AM	2.5 in	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:00 AM	1.75 in	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:03 AM	1.75 in	About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:03 AM	1.0 in	Near 43.35, -95.05, IA
4:49 AM	1.25 in	About 46 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:51 AM	0.75 in	Near 42.54, -94.18, IA
4:55 AM	1.0 in	About 17 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:57 AM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:18 AM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:22 AM	1.5 in	About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:43 AM	0.88 in	About 27 miles from Davenport, IA

Time	Gust	Where
2:37 AM	107 mph	About 27 miles from Omaha, NE
2:38 AM	72 mph	About 23 miles from Omaha, NE
2:41 AM	71 mph	About 21 miles from Omaha, NE
2:45 AM	74 mph	About 26 miles from Omaha, NE
2:46 AM	83 mph	About 56 miles from Omaha, NE
2:51 AM	60 mph	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
2:52 AM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Omaha, NE
2:57 AM	70 mph	About 17 miles from Omaha, NE
3:00 AM	59 mph	About 25 miles from Omaha, NE
3:04 AM	67 mph	About 27 miles from Omaha, NE
3:06 AM	62 mph	About 28 miles from Omaha, NE
3:07 AM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Omaha, NE

Show all 81 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
3:10 AM	85 mph	About 33 miles from Omaha, NE
3:12 AM	70 mph	About 46 miles from Omaha, NE
3:15 AM	64 mph	About 48 miles from Omaha, NE
3:19 AM	69 mph	About 42 miles from Omaha, NE
3:21 AM	64 mph	About 50 miles from Omaha, NE
3:26 AM	58 mph	About 45 miles from Omaha, NE
3:30 AM	75 mph	About 47 miles from Omaha, NE
3:35 AM	61 mph	About 56 miles from Omaha, NE
3:37 AM	67 mph	About 59 miles from Omaha, NE
3:39 AM	62 mph	Near 41.72, -94.93, IA
3:50 AM	63 mph	Near 41.95, -94.82, IA
4:10 AM	75 mph	About 47 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:14 AM	58 mph	Near 42.58, -94.85, IA
4:15 AM	58 mph	Near 42.45, -94.67, IA
4:15 AM	58 mph	Near 42.40, -94.63, IA
4:21 AM	69 mph	About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:32 AM	63 mph	About 33 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:35 AM	69 mph	About 27 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:35 AM	63 mph	About 32 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:35 AM	59 mph	Near 43.41, -94.75, IA
4:37 AM	69 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:40 AM	69 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:40 AM	60 mph	About 49 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:40 AM	64 mph	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:47 AM	60 mph	About 23 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:50 AM	69 mph	About 16 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:55 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:55 AM	58 mph	About 8 miles from Des Moines, IA
4:55 AM	60 mph	Near 42.73, -94.18, IA
4:58 AM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:00 AM	69 mph	About 21 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:04 AM	69 mph	About 16 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:05 AM	58 mph	About 29 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:07 AM	58 mph	About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:12 AM	75 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:13 AM	60 mph	Near 42.46, -93.84, IA
5:15 AM	60 mph	About 57 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:15 AM	58 mph	About 22 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:20 AM	60 mph	Near 42.46, -93.82, IA
5:22 AM	68 mph	About 23 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:26 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:26 AM	69 mph	About 19 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:28 AM	84 mph	About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 AM	58 mph	Near 42.47, -93.27, IA
5:30 AM	58 mph	Near 42.45, -93.36, IA
5:30 AM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:30 AM	58 mph	Near 42.85, -93.58, IA
5:35 AM	58 mph	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:35 AM	58 mph	About 39 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:35 AM	58 mph	About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:37 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:38 AM	58 mph	About 37 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:44 AM	75 mph	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:45 AM	63 mph	About 30 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:51 AM	58 mph	Near 42.43, -92.92, IA
5:55 AM	72 mph	Near 43.16, -93.33, IA
5:56 AM	71 mph	Near 41.23, -92.49, IA
6:00 AM	70 mph	About 50 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:10 AM	58 mph	Near 42.69, -92.63, IA
6:18 AM	70 mph	About 37 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:20 AM	62 mph	Near 43.07, -92.61, IA
6:20 AM	60 mph	About 56 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:25 AM	75 mph	About 31 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:28 AM	60 mph	About 15 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:32 AM	75 mph	About 15 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:38 AM	70 mph	About 46 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:38 AM	70 mph	About 6 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:45 AM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:45 AM	60 mph	About 55 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
Cedar Rapids, IA	None	75 mph	0
Des Moines, IA	None	58 mph	3

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