Iowa storm reports for April 17, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Iowa, April 17, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 61 hail reports, 12 wind reports and 3 tornado reports in Iowa on April 17, 2025.

in Iowa; 76
Storm reports: About 17 miles from Omaha, NE; 4.0 in
Largest hail: About 52 miles from Omaha, NE; 86 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF1, about 39 miles from Omaha, NE; 3
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 17, 2025 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

Hail61, most at 7 PM

Wind12, most at 1 AM

Tornado3, 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
8:13 PM	EF0	About 33 miles from Omaha, NE	5.47 mi long, 440 yd wide
8:32 PM	EF1	About 39 miles from Omaha, NE	19.01 mi long, 1971 yd wide
10:21 PM	EF1	Near 40.91, -94.45, IA	4.27 mi long, 50 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
7:22 AM	0.75 in	About 11 miles from Davenport, IA
7:37 AM	0.75 in	About 58 miles from Davenport, IA
8:45 AM	0.75 in	About 18 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
3:39 PM	0.75 in	Near 43.45, -95.27, IA
3:51 PM	0.88 in	Near 43.43, -95.29, IA
7:24 PM	2.25 in	About 15 miles from Omaha, NE
7:28 PM	1.5 in	About 22 miles from Omaha, NE
7:29 PM	2.75 in	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
7:31 PM	2.75 in	About 18 miles from Omaha, NE
7:37 PM	2.75 in	About 20 miles from Omaha, NE
7:38 PM	1.25 in	About 30 miles from Omaha, NE
7:39 PM	4.0 in	About 17 miles from Omaha, NE

Show all 61 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:44 PM	4.0 in	About 19 miles from Omaha, NE
7:51 PM	1.0 in	About 25 miles from Omaha, NE
8:08 PM	1.75 in	About 37 miles from Omaha, NE
8:12 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.40, -96.36, IA
8:14 PM	1.0 in	About 50 miles from Omaha, NE
8:16 PM	1.75 in	About 31 miles from Omaha, NE
8:32 PM	0.88 in	Near 42.42, -96.12, IA
8:50 PM	2.75 in	About 46 miles from Omaha, NE
8:57 PM	1.5 in	About 59 miles from Sioux Falls, SD
9:49 PM	1.5 in	Near 40.99, -94.74, IA
9:49 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.96, -94.81, IA
9:53 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.99, -94.74, IA
10:30 PM	0.75 in	About 6 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:43 PM	1.0 in	About 49 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:43 PM	1.0 in	About 48 miles from Des Moines, IA
10:55 PM	1.0 in	About 45 miles from Des Moines, IA
11:05 PM	0.75 in	About 20 miles from Des Moines, IA
11:05 PM	1.0 in	About 26 miles from Des Moines, IA
11:11 PM	1.25 in	About 41 miles from Des Moines, IA
11:14 PM	1.0 in	About 8 miles from Des Moines, IA
11:20 PM	1.0 in	About 13 miles from Des Moines, IA
12:23 AM	2.0 in	Near 42.62, -96.29, IA
12:23 AM	2.5 in	Near 42.63, -96.29, IA
1:00 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.75, -95.55, IA
1:02 AM	1.75 in	Near 42.81, -95.56, IA
1:03 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.71, -95.44, IA
1:39 AM	1.25 in	Near 42.82, -96.06, IA
2:10 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.66, -94.24, IA
2:19 AM	1.25 in	Near 42.60, -96.08, IA
2:32 AM	1.0 in	Near 43.10, -93.61, IA
3:10 AM	1.75 in	Near 42.74, -93.20, IA
3:12 AM	1.75 in	Near 42.74, -93.21, IA
3:18 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.75, -93.21, IA
3:50 AM	1.75 in	Near 42.79, -92.53, IA
3:51 AM	2.75 in	Near 42.75, -92.50, IA
3:52 AM	2.0 in	Near 42.75, -92.48, IA
4:00 AM	1.5 in	Near 42.79, -92.35, IA
4:05 AM	1.5 in	Near 42.81, -92.26, IA
4:43 AM	1.0 in	Near 42.90, -93.22, IA
4:50 AM	2.0 in	Near 43.08, -92.69, IA
4:51 AM	1.5 in	Near 43.07, -92.67, IA
4:51 AM	1.5 in	Near 43.14, -92.67, IA
5:05 AM	0.88 in	Near 43.02, -91.18, IA
5:07 AM	2.5 in	Near 42.86, -92.65, IA
5:12 AM	1.25 in	About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
5:13 AM	1.5 in	Near 42.84, -92.53, IA
5:18 AM	1.5 in	Near 42.75, -91.09, IA
6:11 AM	1.0 in	About 58 miles from Cedar Rapids, IA
6:20 AM	1.0 in	Near 43.02, -91.18, IA

Time	Gust	Where
9:04 PM	86 mph	About 52 miles from Omaha, NE
9:09 PM	74 mph	About 52 miles from Omaha, NE
10:08 PM	61 mph	Near 40.88, -94.56, IA
10:21 PM	76 mph	Near 40.88, -94.47, IA
1:08 AM	60 mph	Near 42.65, -95.29, IA
1:10 AM	81 mph	Near 42.65, -95.20, IA
1:10 AM	70 mph	Near 42.64, -95.20, IA
1:19 AM	61 mph	Near 42.75, -95.15, IA
1:57 AM	58 mph	Near 42.40, -96.38, IA
4:15 AM	58 mph	Near 42.72, -93.68, IA
4:33 AM	63 mph	Near 42.86, -93.35, IA
5:33 AM	63 mph	Near 42.85, -92.10, 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
Davenport, IA	0.75 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.