Hail — Louisa, Iowa

2020-04-07 · near Grandview, Louisa, Iowa

Wider weather episode

Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front that dropped south across eastern Iowa and northwest Illinois Tuesday evening. Heavy downpours and very large hail were reported. The hardest hit areas were the northeast side of Cedar Rapids and the Iowa side of the Quad Cities, where ping pong ball to baseball sized hail fell.

Golf ball hail fell in northern Stephenson County near Orangeville, IL. Widespread quarter sized hail was also reported during the evening in several other counties.

This was the 1st of back to back severe hail events, as another significant event occurred April 8th, 2020.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (41.3100, -91.1500)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 885878. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.