Iowa storm reports for July 15, 2024

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, July 15, 2024
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 68 wind reports and 4 tornado reports in Iowa on July 15, 2024.

in Iowa; 88
Storm reports: Near 42.06, -95.20, IA; 2.5 in
Largest hail: About 56 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA; 97 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 9 miles from Des Moines, IA; 4
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 July 15, 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

Hail16, most at 3 PM

Wind68, most at 6 PM

Tornado4, 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
5:37 PM	EF1	About 9 miles from Des Moines, IA	6.88 mi long, 300 yd wide
6:18 PM	EF0	About 31 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA	1.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:02 PM	EF0	About 19 miles from Davenport, IA	3.05 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:19 PM	EF1	In Davenport, IA	7.95 mi long, 100 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
3:36 PM	2.0 in	About 44 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:42 PM	2.5 in	Near 42.06, -95.20, IA
3:45 PM	0.75 in	Near 42.06, -95.20, IA
3:48 PM	2.0 in	Near 42.08, -95.10, IA
3:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.07, -95.14, IA
3:55 PM	1.0 in	About 39 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:56 PM	1.0 in	Near 42.09, -95.04, IA
4:05 PM	1.0 in	About 38 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:10 PM	1.25 in	About 36 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:14 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.63, -92.64, IA
4:35 PM	1.25 in	About 43 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
4:35 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA

Show all 16 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
5:20 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.70, -91.03, IA
5:24 PM	1.0 in	About 35 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:18 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:47 PM	0.75 in	About 52 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA

Time	Gust	Where
4:01 PM	63 mph	Near 41.93, -95.04, IA
4:05 PM	58 mph	Near 42.52, -93.38, IA
4:10 PM	85 mph	Near 42.31, -95.25, IA
4:23 PM	75 mph	Near 42.38, -93.13, IA
5:14 PM	70 mph	About 29 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:15 PM	75 mph	About 46 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:19 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:33 PM	86 mph	About 45 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:36 PM	58 mph	About 10 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:39 PM	64 mph	About 6 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:42 PM	58 mph	Near 42.52, -90.70, IA
5:42 PM	75 mph	About 7 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA

Show all 68 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
5:44 PM	58 mph	About 4 miles from Des Moines, IA
5:46 PM	69 mph	About 9 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:47 PM	81 mph	About 7 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:48 PM	70 mph	About 43 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:50 PM	81 mph	About 50 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:52 PM	70 mph	About 56 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:54 PM	58 mph	About 9 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:57 PM	60 mph	About 5 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:57 PM	60 mph	About 7 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:58 PM	97 mph	About 56 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:58 PM	75 mph	Near 42.68, -90.96, IA
5:58 PM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:00 PM	64 mph	About 31 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:00 PM	75 mph	About 4 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:01 PM	64 mph	About 59 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:02 PM	67 mph	About 11 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:02 PM	64 mph	About 6 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:05 PM	64 mph	About 5 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:10 PM	69 mph	About 3 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:10 PM	70 mph	About 8 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:11 PM	70 mph	Near 42.50, -90.73, IA
6:14 PM	76 mph	About 19 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:15 PM	96 mph	About 59 miles from Davenport, IA
6:15 PM	75 mph	About 31 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:17 PM	66 mph	About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:17 PM	66 mph	About 58 miles from Davenport, IA
6:19 PM	70 mph	About 38 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:19 PM	78 mph	About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:20 PM	70 mph	About 36 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:20 PM	81 mph	About 51 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:21 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:21 PM	79 mph	About 58 miles from Davenport, IA
6:26 PM	70 mph	About 31 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:30 PM	70 mph	About 15 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:38 PM	61 mph	About 53 miles from Des Moines, IA
6:38 PM	58 mph	About 21 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:40 PM	70 mph	About 35 miles from Davenport, IA
6:42 PM	60 mph	About 41 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:44 PM	70 mph	About 51 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:44 PM	61 mph	About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:46 PM	58 mph	About 27 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:50 PM	75 mph	About 40 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
7:12 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
7:15 PM	70 mph	In Davenport, IA
7:15 PM	75 mph	About 3 miles from Davenport, IA
7:18 PM	70 mph	About 55 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
7:20 PM	64 mph	About 7 miles from Davenport, IA
7:20 PM	70 mph	About 2 miles from Davenport, IA
7:20 PM	74 mph	About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
7:21 PM	60 mph	About 27 miles from Davenport, IA
7:23 PM	70 mph	In Davenport, IA
7:24 PM	70 mph	About 4 miles from Davenport, IA
7:24 PM	75 mph	About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
7:25 PM	70 mph	About 5 miles from Davenport, IA
7:44 PM	70 mph	About 58 miles from Davenport, IA
7:47 PM	58 mph	Near 40.78, -91.13, 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	81 mph	0
Davenport, IA	None	75 mph	1
Des Moines, IA	None	58 mph	1

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