(These are initial reports compiled by the National Weather Service offices in Omaha & Des Moines)
4/15/26:
2:42-a.m.: 60 mph wind gust recorded 4 miles SE of Kirkville (Source: ASOS Automated Surface Observing System).
12:40-a.m.: 60 mph wind gust recorded at the Creston Airport Automated Weather Observation System – AWOS).
4/14/26:
11:27-p.m.: Emergency management reported 1″ diameter hail in Essex.
8:09-p.m. 4/14 – 58 mph wind gust recorded on a personal weather observation system (PWOS) 4 miles NW of Hepburn, in Page County.
7:30-p.m. 4/14: PWOS report of 59 mph thunderstorm winds 1 mile S/SE of Emerson, in Mills County.
Other (initial) reports from around Iowa on April 14th:
1″ diameter hail and torrential rain causing street flooding in Grinnell.
- 1″ hail N of Parkersburg
- 1″ hail 2 miles S/SE of Hudson
- 1″ hail in Tripoli
- Golf ball-size hail (1.75″ in diameter) 3 miles N. of Ottumwa
- 1″ hail near New Providence & 2 miles NE of Ottumwa
- Tennis ball size hail (2.5″ in diameter) E of Waterloo
- Golf ball size hail near Raymond, IA
- Egg size hail (2″ diameter) near Cedar Falls & Waterloo
- Golf ball size hail in Greene, Dike & near Holland, IA
- 1″ diameter hail near Allison, Bristow and Swea City
- A brief tornado touchdown was reported at around 3:20-p.m. S. of Eldora by Emergency Mgmt. causing damage to a building.
