Iowa, 2007

Hail in Iowa, October 14, 2007

October 14, 2007 · NWS OAX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A strong low level jet, coupled with elevated instability and warm advection, helped fuel strong to severe thunderstorms across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa after midnight on Oct 14th. A few of the storms became severe and produced hail up to and a bit larger than quarter size.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.

A strong low level jet, coupled with elevated instability and warm advection, helped fuel strong to severe thunderstorms across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa after midnight on Oct 14th. A few of the storms became severe and produced hail up to and a bit larger than quarter size.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 1:57 PM CST, 12 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 1:57 PM CST, 12 hours 4 minutes before
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The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:01 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pottawattamie

When
October 14, 2:01 AM CST
Where
Pottawattamie County, Council Bluffs
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.270, -95.870

One inch hail was reported near Interstate 29 in Council Bluffs.

Hail, Pottawattamie

When
October 14, 2:45 AM CST
Where
Pottawattamie County, 2 mi E of Council Bluffs
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
41.270, -95.832

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Iowa in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, October 2007

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 54597, 54598.