Hail and wind reports › April 17, 2025 › Iowa
Hail and wind reports in Iowa, April 17, 2025
32 hail, 9 wind and 8 tornado reports; largest hail 4.00 in; strongest gust 86 mph.
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| Time (UTC) | Type | Size / speed | Place | County | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-18 00:24 | Hail | 2.25 in | 5 WSW Mcclelland | Pottawattamie | (OAX) |
| 04-18 00:38 | Hail | 1.25 in | 2 SSE Minden | Pottawattamie | (OAX) |
| 04-18 00:39 | Hail | 4.00 in | 3 W Mcclelland | Pottawattamie | (OAX) |
| 04-18 00:51 | Hail | 1.00 in | 4 S Pacific Junction | Mills | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (OAX) |
| 04-18 01:08 | Hail | 1.75 in | Hancock | Pottawattamie | (OAX) |
| 04-18 01:13 | Tornado | 3 SW Tabor | Fremont | Approximately 8:13 pm CDT on Thursday... April 17... 2025... a tornado formed 3 miles southwest of Tabor. The tornado stirred up copious amounts of dust and dirt from r (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:16 | Hail | 1.75 in | 4 N Thurman | Fremont | (OAX) |
| 04-18 01:21 | Tornado | 3 S Tabor | Fremont | (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:22 | Hail | 1.00 in | Lewis | Cass | (DMX) |
| 04-18 01:27 | Tornado | 5 SW Randolph | Fremont | Live video feed and TDS confirm tornado. (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:32 | Tornado | 2 SE Randolph | Fremont | Corrects previous tornado report from 2 SE Randolph. At approximately 8:32 PM CDT... a tornado formed southeast of Randolph... IA. The first sign of damage was snapped (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:32 | Tornado | 6 ESE Oakland | Pottawattamie | Possible report of a tornado between Griswold and Oakland... from trained spotter. (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:46 | Tornado | 3 SSE Imogene | Fremont | Multiple trees down along 410th Ave... likely from a tornado track. (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:48 | Tornado | 4 W Essex | Page | Corrects previous tornado report from 4 W Essex. Power poles snapped... trees and shed material strewn over roadway. Time estimated from radar. (OAX) | |
| 04-18 01:50 | Hail | 2.75 in | 3 WNW Essex | Page | Golf ball to baseball size hail reported. (OAX) |
| 04-18 01:58 | Hail | 1.50 in | 2 S Archer | O'Brien | Delayed Report: A trained spotter reported nickel to ping-pong ball sized hail just south of Archer. Timing was estimated via radar. (FSD) |
| 04-18 02:00 | Tornado | 4 W Essex | Page | Power poles snapped... trees and shed material strewn over roadway. (OAX) | |
| 04-18 02:04 | Wind | 86 mph | 5 SE Coburg | Page | Personal weather station measured wind gust of 86 mph. Radar indicates the measurement was likely in the RFD. (OAX) |
| 04-18 02:49 | Hail | 1.50 in | Corning | Adams | (DMX) |
| 04-18 03:21 | Wind | 76 mph | 5 E Lenox | Taylor | A lot of blowing dust occurring. (DMX) |
| 04-18 03:22 | Wind | damage | 3 SE Kent | Union | damage to farm building. trees. and power lines. Time estimated from radar. (DMX) |
| 04-18 03:43 | Hail | 1.00 in | 1 SW Afton | Union | (DMX) |
| 04-18 03:58 | Hail | 1.00 in | 2 W Thayer | Union | quarter size hail at intersection of us 169 and us 34. (DMX) |
| 04-18 04:05 | Hail | 1.00 in | Monroe | Jasper | Social Media report. (DMX) |
| 04-18 04:11 | Hail | 1.25 in | Murray | Clarke | (DMX) |
| 04-18 04:14 | Hail | 1.00 in | Carlisle | Warren | Social Media report. (DMX) |
| 04-18 05:23 | Hail | 2.50 in | Hinton | Plymouth | Photos of estimated tennis ball size hail from social media. Time estimated from radar. (FSD) |
| 04-18 06:02 | Hail | 1.75 in | 3 S Larrabee | Cherokee | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). (FSD) |
| 04-18 06:10 | Wind | damage | Storm Lake | Buena Vista | Received reports of powerlines down and trees down in Storm Lake... Iowa. Time estimated from radar. (FSD) |
| 04-18 06:19 | Wind | 61 mph | 2 NE Truesdale | Buena Vista | Via personal weather station. (FSD) |
| 04-18 06:39 | Hail | 1.25 in | Oyens | Plymouth | Picture via social media. (FSD) |
| 04-18 06:57 | Wind | 58 mph | 1 W Sergeant Bluff | Woodbury | (FSD) |
| 04-18 07:19 | Hail | 1.25 in | 5 W Kingsley | Plymouth | Delayed Report: Trained spotter/Fire Rescue reported quarter to half dollar sized hail. Time was estimated via radar. (FSD) |
| 04-18 07:19 | Hail | 1.00 in | 4 S Humboldt | Humboldt | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DMX) |
| 04-18 07:32 | Hail | 1.00 in | Garner | Hancock | Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.). (DMX) |
| 04-18 08:12 | Hail | 1.75 in | 1 WSW Hampton | Franklin | Golf ball hail throughout Hampton. (DMX) |
| 04-18 08:51 | Hail | 2.75 in | 2 NW Waverly | Bremer | Photos of baseball sized hail north of Waverly. Time is estimated from radar. (DMX) |
| 04-18 09:06 | Hail | 1.50 in | Tripoli | Bremer | Numerous hailstones pictured with largest ping pong ball size. (DMX) |
| 04-18 09:15 | Wind | damage | 3 ESE Clarion | Wright | Damage to farm outbuilding. (DMX) |
| 04-18 09:33 | Wind | damage | 6 SSE Thornton | Franklin | Iowa DOT reports 3 semis blown over by strong winds on Interstate 35 near milepost 174. (DMX) |
| 04-18 09:43 | Hail | 1.00 in | Sheffield | Franklin | (DMX) |
| 04-18 09:55 | Hail | 2.00 in | 1 NW Charles City | Floyd | (ARX) |
| 04-18 10:07 | Hail | 2.50 in | 6 N Clarksville | Butler | photos of tennis ball sized hail. (DMX) |
| 04-18 10:10 | Hail | 1.25 in | 2 WSW Osterdock | Clayton | (ARX) |
| 04-18 10:13 | Hail | 1.50 in | Plainfield | Bremer | ground covered white in hail with largest hail at 1.5 inches in diameter. (DMX) |
| 04-18 10:26 | Hail | 1.50 in | 3 SE Guttenberg | Clayton | Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.). (ARX) |
| 04-18 10:33 | Wind | damage | Sumner | Bremer | Siding damaged by wind driven hail. Via social media. (DMX) |
| 04-18 11:11 | Hail | 1.00 in | Osborne | Clayton | Nickel to quarter sized hail. Time estimated by radar. (ARX) |
| 04-18 11:20 | Hail | 1.00 in | Mcgregor | Clayton | Time estimated by radar. (ARX) |
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