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Iowa storm reports for May 16, 2026

NOAA recorded 14 hail reports, 1 wind report and 2 tornado reports in Iowa on May 16, 2026.

in Iowa
17
Storm reports
3 S Red Oak, Montgomery County, IA
2.75 in
Largest hail
3 N Villisca, Montgomery County, IA
64 mph
Highest gust
2
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, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 16, 2026 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

Hail14, most at 5 PM

Wind1, most at 4 PM

Tornado2, most at 5 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
5:51 PMNot rated1 SW Gravity, Taylor County, IANot surveyed
5:54 PMNot rated1 SE Gravity, Taylor County, IANot surveyed

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