Hail Map in Iowa on July 30, 2021

The weather event in Iowa on July 30, 2021 includes Wind and Hail maps. 13 states and 284 cities were impacted and suffered possible damage. The total estimated number of properties impacted is 5,598.
Hail map in Iowa on July 30, 2021
Wind
Hail

5,598

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

3,568

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
07/30/20219:48 AM CDTLarge maple tree loss of large limbs... Large limb snapped.
07/30/20214:52 AM CDT At 952 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of Lakeside Casino, or 10 miles west of Osceola, moving southeast at 25 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 remain over mainly rural areas of northwestern Decatur, southeastern Union, northeastern Ringgold and southwestern Clarke Counties, including the following locations... Weldon, Thayer, Grand River, Murray, Murray Roadside Rest Area, Van Wert and Beaconsfield.This includes Interstate 35 between mile markers 18 and 29.
07/30/20214:38 AM CDT At 938 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles south of Winterset, moving southeast at 25 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Madison, northeastern Union and northwestern Clarke Counties, including the following locations... Murray, Murray Roadside Rest Area, Lorimor and Thayer.
07/30/20214:13 AM CDT At 912 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 7 miles northeast of Stanton to 8 miles southwest of Villisca to 5 miles north of Essex, moving south at 35 mph. HAZARD...65 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. Severe thunderstorms will be near... Villisca and Essex around 925 PM CDT. Clarinda around 930 PM CDT.
07/30/20214:03 AM CDT At 902 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 4 miles south of Emerson to 4 miles west of Malvern, moving southeast at 25 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... Essex and Shenandoah.
07/30/20213:42 AM CDT At 841 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Griswold to 5 miles northeast of Emerson, moving southeast 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. Severe thunderstorms will be near... Emerson around 845 PM CDT. Red Oak and Elliott around 850 PM CDT. Stanton around 855 PM CDT.Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms includeEssex and Villisca.
07/30/20213:12 AM CDT At 812 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Minden, or 24 miles west of Atlantic, moving southeast 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. This severe thunderstorm will be near... Oakland around 830 PM CDT.Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm includeCarson.This includes Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 31 and 40.
07/29/20219:57 PM CDTTrained spotter reports wind driven golf ball sized hail and heavy rainfall.
07/29/20219:48 PM CDTCorrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 3 e lorimor. Large maple tree loss of large limbs... Large limb snapped.
07/29/20219:00 PM CDTReport of tree damage near winterset with largest branches 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Report from social media.
07/29/20218:30 PM CDTPublic report of large trees down and flattened corn.
07/29/20218:28 PM CDTStorm spotter reporting ping pong sized hail. Also noted a broken window.
07/29/20218:28 PM CDTCorrects previous tstm wnd gst report from hancock. Storm spotter report of tree branches down in the area. Estimated wind gusts up to 60 mph.
07/29/20218:25 PM CDTEm relaying a report of trees and powerlines down off of 380th st.
07/29/20218:25 PM CDTTrained spotter reported several trees 1-2 feet in diameter down.
07/29/20218:20 PM CDTDelayed report: multiple 7 inch tree branches down. Same location saw estimated 2.5 of rain and dime sized hail.
07/29/20217:59 PM CDTDelayed report: three grain bins destroyed and blown off their foundations and two buildings completely destroyed. Up to 100 mph nw gusts estimated by nws survey of vid
07/29/20217:55 PM CDTOutbuilding damaged. Trees also affected.

Cities Impacted by Hail Map on July 30, 2021

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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