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Iowa storm reports for May 17, 2026

NOAA recorded 7 hail reports, 42 wind reports and 20 tornado reports in Iowa on May 17, 2026.

in Iowa
69
Storm reports
3 SW Craig, Plymouth County, IA
1.75 in
Largest hail
Correctionville, Woodbury County, IA
88 mph
Highest gust
20
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
  • Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, preliminary storm reports. NOAA revises recent reports for several weeks. Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 17, 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

Hail7, most at 3 AM

Wind42, most at 7 PM

Tornado20, most at 9 PM

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

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
7:31 PMNot ratedSalix, Woodbury County, IANot surveyed
7:32 PMNot rated3 SE Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury County, IANot surveyed
7:35 PMNot rated3 NE Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury County, IANot surveyed
7:57 PMNot rated5 NW Kingsley, Plymouth County, IANot surveyed
8:12 PMNot rated7 S Marcus, Cherokee County, IANot surveyed
8:25 PMNot rated3 W Cherokee, Cherokee County, IANot surveyed
8:29 PMNot rated3 NE Meriden, Cherokee County, IANot surveyed
8:31 PMNot rated5 WSW Royal, Clay County, IANot surveyed
9:01 PMNot ratedPomeroy, Calhoun County, IANot surveyed
9:05 PMNot rated2 SSE Havelock, Pocahontas County, IANot surveyed
9:08 PMNot rated2 NW Terril, Dickinson County, IANot surveyed
9:14 PMNot ratedGraettinger, Palo Alto County, IANot surveyed
Show all 20 tornado reports
TimeRatingWherePath
9:27 PMNot ratedMoorland, Webster County, IANot surveyed
9:28 PMNot rated3 SSW Armstrong, Emmet County, IANot surveyed
9:38 PMNot rated2 S Wesley, Kossuth County, IANot surveyed
9:59 PMNot rated4 N Crystal Lake, Winnebago County, IANot surveyed
10:10 PMNot rated1 W Joice, Worth County, IANot surveyed
10:21 PMNot rated3 S Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IANot surveyed
10:24 PMNot rated3 S Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IANot surveyed
10:27 PMNot rated3 S Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IANot surveyed

Cities with reports nearby

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

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Davenport, IA1.25 inNone0

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