Hail Map in Iowa on May 1, 2018

The weather event in Iowa on May 1, 2018 includes Hail map. 8 states and 390 cities were impacted and suffered possible damage. The total estimated number of properties impacted is 22,601.
Hail map in Iowa on May 1, 2018
Hail

22,601

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 1.00" hail or larger

3,828

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 1.75" hail or larger

0

Estimated number of impacted properties by a 2.50" hail or larger

Storm reports in Iowa

Iowa

DateDescription
05/01/20186:53 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.25 inch wind near 2 NNE BODE
05/01/20186:48 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near BODE
05/01/20186:44 PM CDTDelayed report - small 1/2 in twigs broken off and roof damage from hail this evening.
05/01/20186:21 PM CDTA local report indicates 60 MPH wind near 2 NW LITTLE SIOUX
05/01/20185:54 PM CDTLarge hail covering the ground.
05/01/20185:46 PM CDTReport via social media.
05/01/20185:45 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near NEVADA
05/01/20185:35 PM CDTSocial media report.
05/01/20185:34 PM CDTQuarter to ping pong ball hail.
05/01/20185:30 PM CDTVia twitter.
05/01/20185:30 PM CDTRelayed via county sheriff.
05/01/20185:30 PM CDTVia twitter.
05/01/20185:30 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.75 inch wind near 3 WSW MARATHON
05/01/20185:29 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near 3 NE NAPIER
05/01/20185:22 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.25 inch wind near 1 WSW AMES
05/01/20185:15 PM CDTHail covering the road.
05/01/20185:09 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.75 inch wind near 2 N MADRID
05/01/20185:06 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near 3 N MADRID
05/01/20185:00 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near 5 NW TRUESDALE
05/01/20184:52 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near 3 N WOODWARD
05/01/20184:49 PM CDTMixed in with smaller sized hail.
05/01/20184:45 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.00 inch wind near WOODWARD
05/01/20184:40 PM CDTBroadcast media relayed public report with picture. Time estimated from radar.
05/01/20184:36 PM CDTReport via social media with picture. Time estimated from radar.
05/01/20184:23 PM CDTA local report indicates 1.50 inch wind near 3 NE QUIMBY
05/01/20187:00 AM CDTTwo barns damaged west of creston.
05/01/20183:25 AM CDT At 825 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dundee, or 7 miles northwest of Manchester, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. Locations impacted include... Edgewood, Colesburg, Greeley, Dundee, Masonville, Twin Bridges Park, Backbone State Park and Coffins Grove Park.
05/01/20183:17 AM CDT At 816 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Guthrie Center, moving northeast at 60 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Perry, Guthrie Center, Ogden, Panora, Woodward, Lake Panorama, Grand Junction, Bayard, Minburn, Bagley, Rippey, Yale, Jamaica, Dawson, Bouton, Beaver, Berkley, Perry Municipal Airport, Lakin Slough Game Management Area and Springbrook State Park.
05/01/20182:47 AM CDT At 746 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Walnut, or 8 miles northwest of Atlantic, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Atlantic, Audubon, Exira, Elk Horn, Kimballton, Brayton, Marne, Audubon County Airport and Atlantic Municipal Airport.This includes Interstate 80 between mile markers 50 and 70.
05/01/20182:25 AM CDT At 725 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Melvin, or 11 miles southeast of Sibley, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near, Ocheyedan around 735 PM CDT. Harris around 740 PM CDT. Lake Park and Round Lake around 745 PM CDT.
05/01/20182:15 AM CDT At 714 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sioux Center, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near, Sioux Center around 720 PM CDT. Hull around 730 PM CDT. Boyden around 735 PM CDT. Matlock around 740 PM CDT. Sheldon around 745 PM CDT. Ashton around 755 PM CDT.
05/01/20181:40 AM CDT At 639 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles north of Dakota City, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Two inch hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Clarion, Dakota City, Humboldt, Kanawha, Goldfield, Livermore, Corwith, Bode, Lu Verne, Renwick, Rutland, Bradgate, St. Joseph, Ottosen, Hardy, Clarion Municipal Airport, Eagle Grove Municipal Airport and Humboldt Municipal Airport.
05/01/20181:24 AM CDT At 624 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Marshalltown, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Marshalltown, Gladbrook, Garwin, Albion, Lincoln, Green Mountain, Marshalltown Municipal Airport and Union Grove State Park.
05/01/20181:21 AM CDT At 620 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles east of Hooper, or 33 miles northwest of Omaha, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. This storm has a recent history of producing golf ball size hail. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Hooper, Nickerson, Herman and Winslow. This includes the following highways... Highway 275 in Nebraska between mile markers 137 and 140. Highway 75 in Nebraska between mile markers 120 and 129. Highway 77 in Nebraska between mile markers 123 and 129.
05/01/20181:08 AM CDT At 608 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 4 miles southeast of Tekamah, or 34 miles north of Omaha, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Logan, Mondamin, Pisgah, Moorhead, Woodbine, Blencoe, Magnolia, Soldier, Little Sioux, Pelican Point State Recreation Area, Preparation Canyon State Park, Willow Lake Recreation Area, Little Sioux Scout Ranch and Schaben Park.This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 84 and 109.
05/01/20181:05 AM CDT At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of Pocahontas, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Pocahontas, Dakota City, Humboldt, West Bend, Rolfe, Gilmore City, Livermore, Bode, Rutland, Bradgate, Plover, St. Joseph, Ottosen, Irvington, Pocahontas Municipal Airport and Humboldt Municipal Airport.
05/01/201812:54 AM CDT At 554 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of State Center, or 8 miles east of Nevada, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Marshalltown, State Center, Colo, Albion, Liscomb, Clemons and St. Anthony.
05/01/201812:50 AM CDT At 549 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast of Nickerson, or 30 miles northwest of Omaha, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. Locations impacted include... Blair and Herman. This includes the following highways... Highway 30 in Nebraska between mile markers 447 and 450. Highway 75 in Nebraska between mile markers 114 and 126.
05/01/201812:29 AM CDT At 529 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Rush Lake, or 15 miles northwest of Pocahontas, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Emmetsburg, Laurens, Rush Lake, Five Island Lake, West Bend, Mallard, Ayrshire, Havelock, Cylinder, Plover, Curlew, Rodman and Emmetsburg Municipal Airport.
05/01/201812:27 AM CDT At 526 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Hooper, or 39 miles northwest of Omaha, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Tekamah, Scribner, Hooper, Uehling, Craig, Oakland, Winslow and Summit Lake State Recreation Area.This includes the following highways... Highway 275 in Nebraska between mile markers 129 and 140. Highway 75 in Nebraska between mile markers 129 and 141. Highway 77 in Nebraska between mile markers 123 and 142.
05/01/201812:24 AM CDT At 524 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles northeast of Hampton, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Hampton, Allison, Ackley, Clarksville, Nora Springs, Sheffield, Greene, Rockwell, Dumont, Dows, Latimer, Coulter, Alexander, Geneva, Bristow, Rowan, Bradford, Hansell, Chapin and Aredale.This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 159 and 179.
05/01/201812:11 AM CDT At 511 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of Union Slogh, or 19 miles north of Algona, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Buffalo Center, Bancroft, Swea City, Lakota, Rake and Ledyard.
05/01/201812:09 AM CDT At 508 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Madrid, or 8 miles southeast of Boone, moving northeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Ames, Nevada, Huxley, Madrid, Slater, Roland, Gilbert, Iowa State Center, Colo, Cambridge, Zearing, McCallsburg, Sheldahl, Kelley, Luther, Ledges State Park and Ames Municipal Airport.This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 106 and 123.
05/01/201812:08 AM CDT At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Sioux Rapids, or 12 miles north of Storm Lake, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near, Sioux Rapids around 525 PM CDT. Albert City around 540 PM CDT. Marathon around 545 PM CDT. Webb around 550 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm includeRembrandt.
04/30/201811:37 PM CDT At 436 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Aurelia, or near Cherokee, moving northeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Public. At 423 pm CDT ping pong size hail was reported 3 miles northeast Quimby. IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near, Peterson around 505 PM CDT. Linn Grove around 510 PM CDT. Sioux Rapids around 515 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm includeRembrandt.
04/30/201811:35 PM CDT At 435 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Perry, moving northeast at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Ames, Boone, Perry, Story City, Madrid, Ogden, Roland, Gilbert, Woodward, Boone Speedway, Minburn, Bouton, Luther, Fraser, Perry Municipal Airport, Boone Municipal Airport and Ledges State Park.This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 121 and 126.
04/30/201811:00 PM CDT At 400 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Washta, or 15 miles southwest of Cherokee, moving northeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. This severe thunderstorm will be near, Quimby around 420 PM CDT. Cherokee and Aurelia around 445 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include Meriden.
04/30/20187:30 PM CDTOutbuildings badly damaged or destroyed. Pole barn collapsed. Grain bins damaged.
04/30/20187:20 PM CDTA 1200 yard wide swath of damaging thunderstorm winds began 2.75 miles northwest of walnut on the pottawatamie-shelby county line. Winds estimated to be as high as 90 m
04/30/20187:19 PM CDTSocial media report. Time estimated from radar.

All States Impacted by Hail Map on May 1, 2018

Cities Impacted by Hail Map on May 1, 2018

Please be aware that the storm maps provided by HailTrace include estimates of the number of structures impacted by storms on the specified date. These estimates are derived from data provided by Microsoft, including building footprint data generated using computer vision algorithms applied to satellite imagery. While HailTrace makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of this information, it is not guaranteed and should be used as a general reference only. The actual number of impacted structures may differ from the estimates provided on the storm maps.

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