Hail Swath Map Preview
The Cedar Rapids, IA hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 1.75". There are 11 public hail reports, 22 public wind reports, and 26 nearby tornado reports listed for the March 31, 2023 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Cedar Rapids, IA Hail Map
The March 31, 2023 hail swath map for Cedar Rapids, IA covers approximately 1,933 square miles and includes an estimated 92,692 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band, covering 798 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the 0.50-0.75" hail band with 32,732 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 598 sq mi | 32,215 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 798 sq mi | 32,732 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 361 sq mi | 19,699 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 132 sq mi | 1,916 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 26 sq mi | 2,491 |
| 1.50-1.75" | 15 sq mi | 3,579 |
| 1.75-2.00" | 2 sq mi | 60 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Cedar Rapids, IA Hail Swath Map
Inside the March 31, 2023 hail swath map area for Cedar Rapids, IA, HailGeeks estimates 36,040 single-family homes, 5,492 townhomes, and 10,123 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the < 0.50" hail band, with 14,042 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 14,042 | 1,186 | 3,178 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 12,956 | 1,533 | 2,715 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 6,042 | 2,183 | 3,606 |
| 1.00-1.25" | 1,081 | 13 | 66 |
| 1.25-1.50" | 758 | 221 | 290 |
| 1.50-1.75" | 1,132 | 356 | 262 |
| 1.75-2.00" | 29 | 0 | 6 |
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Counties Inside the Cedar Rapids, IA Hail Map
Hail from the March 31, 2023 storm was mapped across 25 counties in the Cedar Rapids, IA region. Poweshiek County, IA had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 1.75" with roughly 1,773 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Cedar Rapids, IA Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 43 cities near Cedar Rapids, IA. North Liberty, IA had the strongest mapped signal at 1.50", with an estimated 2,969 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Cedar Rapids, IA Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the March 31, 2023 Cedar Rapids, IA hail map spans 82 ZIP codes. ZIP 50157 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 1.75" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 342.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the March 31, 2023 hail map for Cedar Rapids, IA currently list 11 public hail reports, 22 public wind reports, and 26 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2023 4:01 PM CT |
1.00 in | 6 NNW Malcom | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 4:29 PM CT |
1.00 in | Keota | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 4:30 PM CT |
1.00 in | Garrison | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 4:40 PM CT |
1.00 in | Van Horne | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 4:46 PM CT |
1.00 in | 2 NE Garrison | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 4:59 PM CT |
1.00 in | Coralville | IA | HAIL INCREASING AND SHEET METAL AND INSULATION FALLING FROM THE SKY. |
March 31, 2023 5:00 PM CT |
1.00 in | Van Horne | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 5:15 PM CT |
1.75 in | 2 E North Liberty | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 5:28 PM CT |
1.00 in | Columbus Junction | IA | SC556 STORM CHASER. |
March 31, 2023 5:29 PM CT |
1.00 in | Vinton | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 5:45 PM CT |
1.50 in | Lowden | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2023 4:44 PM CT | 2 NE Garrison | IA | FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED 70 MPH WITH DAMAGE TO HOMES. REPORT RELAYED BY THE EMERGENCY MANAGER. | |
March 31, 2023 4:45 PM CT | Garrison | IA | ESTIMATED NEAR 70 MPH WINDS. LARGE BARN WAS DAMAGED... TRAILER DAMAGED... TREE BRANCHES DOWN... AND AN OUTBUILDING WITH DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
March 31, 2023 4:45 PM CT | 1 NW Vinton | IA | BARNS DOWN NEAR VINTON AFTER INITIAL LINE WENT THROUGH... POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
March 31, 2023 5:20 PM CT | Lisbon | IA | TREES DOWN AT THIS LOCATION. 6 INCH DIAMETER TREES. | |
March 31, 2023 5:28 PM CT | 1 SSW Manchester | IA | BUILDINGS DOWN ON BURRINGTON RD AND SOUTH 5TH. ALSO POWER POLES DOWN. | |
March 31, 2023 5:39 PM CT | 1 ESE Coralville | IA | BUILDINGS DOWN IN CORALVILLE FROM THE STRIP TO BOSTON WAY... NEAR THE MALL. | |
March 31, 2023 6:10 PM CT | 1 ESE Coralville | IA | POSS TORNADO MULTIPLE BUILDINGS DOWN... COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SOME APTS MISSING ROOFS. | |
March 31, 2023 6:11 PM CT | 2 S Edmore | IA | POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN AT INTERSECTION OF 32ND ST AND PERU ROAD. | |
March 31, 2023 6:30 PM CT | 1 E Dubuque | IA | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN. | |
March 31, 2023 7:14 PM CT | 3 NNE Cedar Rapids | IA | 1INCH DIAMETER STEEL FLAG POLE... BENT 30 DEGREE ANGLE AT THE BASE TREE DEBRIS BLOWN FORM A DISTANCE ONTO THE PROPERTY. | |
March 31, 2023 7:19 PM CT | 2 N Dubuque Regional Ar | IA | ASBURY AND JFK LARGE TREE BRANCH BLOCKING AN ENTIRE LANE. | |
March 31, 2023 7:22 PM CT | 3 SSW Homestead | IA | LOST PART OF METAL BARN ROOF CATTLE SHED DESTROYED. | |
March 31, 2023 7:24 PM CT | 2 N Dubuque Regional Ar | IA | 8INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. | |
March 31, 2023 4:30 PM CT | 60 mph | Garrison | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 5:05 PM CT | 70 mph | 1 WNW Belle Plaine | IA | AT LEAST 70; COULD BE 70 PLUS WIND GUST. |
March 31, 2023 5:32 PM CT | 70 mph | Norway | IA | DELAYED REPORT. |
March 31, 2023 5:35 PM CT | 63 mph | Muscatine Municipality | IA | AWOS. |
March 31, 2023 5:36 PM CT | 69 mph | Cedar Rapids Municipali | IA | ASOS. |
March 31, 2023 5:37 PM CT | 70 mph | Shellsburg | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 5:45 PM CT | 70 mph | Hiawatha | IA | ALSO PEA SIZED HAIL. |
March 31, 2023 6:18 PM CT | 73 mph | Lore | IA | WIND DATA CAPTURED FROM OBSERVATION EQUIPMENT. DOWNED TREE AT LOCATION WAS 6IN DIAMETER. OTHER LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. |
March 31, 2023 6:30 PM CT | 68 mph | Dubuque Regional Arpt | IA | ASOS. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
March 31, 2023 3:57 PM CT | UNK | 2 SSE Lancaster | IA | LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND. |
March 31, 2023 3:58 PM CT | UNK | 2 SSW Malcom | IA | No National Weather Service description provided. |
March 31, 2023 4:05 PM CT | UNK | 3 ESE Malcom | IA | PUBLIC REPORT OF TORNADO ON GROUND AND DEBRIS ALONG I-80 AT MILE MARKER 194. |
March 31, 2023 4:10 PM CT | UNK | 4 W Talleyrand | IA | UPDATES PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 4 W TALLEYRAND. THIS WAS THE TORNADO THAT DEVELOPED IN EASTERN KEOKUK COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF KEOTA THAT WENT THROUGH NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND EVENTUALLY DISSIPATED IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY. THIS TORNADO WAS AN EF4 WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 170 MPH AND MAXIMUM WIDTH OF 700 YARDS. THIS TORNADO SEVERELY DAMAGED SEVERAL HOMES NEAR KEOTA. A CAR WAS LOFTED IN THE AIR AND TOSSED ABOUT 1000 FEET INTO A NEARBY FIELD AND TREES WERE COMPLETELY DEBARKED WITH ONLY STUBS OF THE LARGEST BRANCHES REMAINING. THE TORNADO KNOCKED OVER A 325 FT CELL PHONE TOWER WEST OF WELLMAN. |
March 31, 2023 4:21 PM CT | UNK | Wellman | IA | MICHAEL HARTLEY HEADING TOWARDS KALONA SPOTTER REPORT. |
March 31, 2023 4:32 PM CT | UNK | Amish | IA | SATELLITE AND RADAR DATA SUGGEST THAT A DIFFERENT TORNADO FORMED. DAT POINTS FROM AREA SUGGEST EF0 WITH 85 MPH WINDS ALONG ITS 6 MILE PATH. WIDTH IS UNKNOWN. THE STORM CYCLED AGAIN AND THEN PRODUCED THE CORALVILLE EF2. |
March 31, 2023 4:33 PM CT | UNK | 2 NE Wellman | IA | CONFIRMED TORNADO ON THE GROUND BEING FOLLOWED BY SPOTTERS. |
March 31, 2023 4:36 PM CT | UNK | Wellman | IA | DEPUTY WATCHING... REPORTED IN CHAT ROOM. |
March 31, 2023 4:36 PM CT | UNK | 2 NW Vinton | IA | EF2 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 115 MPH. THE TORNADO DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF VINTON... IOWA AND MOVED NORTHEAST... PRODUCING DAMAGE TO FARM BUILDINGS... TREES... AND POWER POLES. |
March 31, 2023 4:42 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNE Amish | IA | *** 2 INJ *** A TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST DESTROYING TREES... A FEW OUTBUILDINGS... AND A GRAIN BIN IN RURAL JOHNSON COUNTY. THEN THE TORNADO CROSSED HWY 218 HEAVILY DAMAGING THE JAMES ST WAREHOUSE NEAR HWY 6 IN CORALVILLE. SEVERAL TRAILERS AND A TRUCK WERE FLIPPED OVER IN VICINITY. A RETAIL BUILDING ALSO HAD PART OF A ROOF LIFTED OFF WITH SEVERAL VEHICLES ROLLED OR FLIPPED. THE TORNADO THEN TRACKED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA DESTROYING MANY TREES THAT BECAME UPROOTED AND SNAPPED. AT LEAST 2 INJURIES WERE REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AT THIS TIME. THE TORNADO THEN DISSIPATING BEFORE REACHING INTERSTATE 80. |
March 31, 2023 4:51 PM CT | UNK | 1 E Cheney | IA | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 1 E CHENEY TO CHANGE FROM A PUBLIC REPORT TO AN NWS STORM SURVEY. SATELLITE DERIVED PATH OF A TORNADO HERE. NO DAMAGE SEEN BUT PATH IN FIELD SEEN. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE WITH WHICH TO RATE THIS TORNADO. TORNADO NORTHWEST OF URBANA WAS THE GROUND FOR 1.35 MILES. |
March 31, 2023 4:52 PM CT | UNK | 9 E Mount Auburn | IA | EF2 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED PEAK WINDS OF 115 MPH. A TORNADO PRODUCED A SHORT PATH OF SIGNIFICANT TREE AND FARM BUILDING DAMAGE... AS WELL AS DAMAGE TO A HOME. IT LIFTED AS IT APPROACHED BEARBOWER SAND PRAIRIE ON THE BUCHANAN COUNTY LINE. |
March 31, 2023 4:53 PM CT | UNK | 3 SSW Hills | IA | A TORNADO BEGAN SOUTHWEST OF HILLS MOVING NORTHEAST CROSSING HWY 218 THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF TOWN... DESTROYING SEVERAL OUTBUILDINGS... LARGE TREES... AND TRIM/SIDING ON HOUSES. THE GREATEST DAMAGE WAS SEEN IN WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TOWN OF HILLS WHERE ROOFS WERE COMPLETELY TORN OFF... SIDING REMOVED FROM SEVERAL HOMES AND A LARGE OUTBUILDING DESTROYED. THE TORNADO THEN PROCEEDED THROUGH A WOODED AREA WITH SEVERAL TREES SNAPPED. IT THEN CONTINUED NORTHEAST DESTROYING SIDING AND ROOFS ON SEVERAL HOMES ON THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST SIDE OF IOWA CITY BEFORE DISSIPATING JUST PAST THE RAILROAD TRACKS NORTHEAST OF HWY 6. |
March 31, 2023 5:04 PM CT | UNK | 2 SE Rowley | IA | SATELLITE DERIVED TRACK. NO DAMAGE NOTED... TIME BASED ON RADAR. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1.66 MILES. |
March 31, 2023 5:06 PM CT | UNK | 1 WNW Solon | IA | ESTIMATED PEAK WIND OF 130 MPH... WITH PATH LENGTH OF 8.0 MILES AND WIDTH AROUND 75 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 5:06 PM CT | UNK | 2 NNW Downey | IA | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TORNADO REPORT FROM 2 NNW DOWNEY TO CHANGE FROM A PUBLIC REPORT TO AN NWS STORM SURVEY. MAINLY A SATELLITE DERIVED TRACK. AT THE END OF ITS PATH... SOME DAMAGE TO TREES WERE FOUND RESULTING IN THE EF1 RATING. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 8 MILES WITH A PEAK ESTIMATED WIND OF 95 MPH. |
March 31, 2023 5:09 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNE Solon | IA | ESTIMATED PEAK WIND OF 125 MPH... WITH PATH LENGTH OF 4.4 MILES AND WIDTH AROUND 50 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 5:14 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNW Tipton | IA | ESTIMATED PEAK 120 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 22.7 MILES AND WIDTH OF 250 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 5:17 PM CT | UNK | 1 SW Tipton | IA | ESTIMATED PEAK 100 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 10.5 MILES AND WIDTH OF 100 YARDS. THIS PATH DID NOT CROSS THE TORNADO JUST NORTH. |
March 31, 2023 5:18 PM CT | UNK | 3 SSE Rochester | IA | *** 2 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO... 19.6 MILE PATH LENGTH AND 200 YARD WIDTH. |
March 31, 2023 5:20 PM CT | UNK | 1 SW Manchester | IA | ESTIMATED PEAK 110 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 4.1 MILES AND WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 5:30 PM CT | UNK | Oneida | IA | ESTIMATED PEAK 110 MPH WINDS... WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 2.4 MILES AND WIDTH OF 50 YARDS. |
March 31, 2023 5:41 PM CT | UNK | 1 SSW Wyoming | IA | AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS ESTIMATED AT 104 MPH TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF WYOMING AND MOVED THROUGH THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN DAMAGING MAINLY TREES WITH AT LEAST TWO TREES SNAPPED OFF. TWISTED METAL WAS LOFTED INTO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT. |
March 31, 2023 5:44 PM CT | UNK | 6 S Elkport | IA | EF0 TORNADO THAT CROSSED FROM RURAL DELAWARE COUNTY INTO CLAYTON COUNTY BETWEEN EDGEWOOD AND COLESBURG... CROSSING HORSESHOE RD. LASTED IN CLAYTON CO. APPROX. 3 MIN (UNTIL 547PM). |
March 31, 2023 5:50 PM CT | UNK | Grand Mound | IA | *** 1 INJ *** EF2 TORNADO... 17.5 MILE PATH LENGTH AND 350 YARD WIDTH. |
March 31, 2023 5:58 PM CT | UNK | 2 NW Hurstville | IA | SPOTTER REPORTED DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS AT TWO FARMSTEADS. EYEWITNESSES HEARD A ROAR. THERE WAS A COUPLET AND A TDS AS WELL/ WIND SPEEDS AND PATH ESTIMATED BASED ON REPORTS FROM SPOTTERS. THE PEAK ESTIMATED WINDS WERE 100 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND FOR 1.19 MILES. |
This table includes only public storm reports connected to the March 31, 2023 Cedar Rapids, IA storm event. When available, each report may include the time, size or magnitude, city, state, and a short description.
Related Hail Maps in the Cedar Rapids, IA Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Cedar Rapids, IA region as the March 31, 2023 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Aug 20, 2022 through Nov 4, 2022, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 2.50". In this set, the strongest related map reached 2.50", and the most recent map shown is from Nov 4, 2022.
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