Pottawattamie County, Iowa: 5 FEMA declarations and the hail record
Pottawattamie County appears in 5 FEMA declarations since 2014 (4 storm, 1 flood, 0 winter, 0 fire). NOAA logs 33 days of hail at 1 in or more, in 11 of 12 full years.
- 5declarations
- 4storm-type
- #20 of 67in IA
- 9 of 11hail years undeclared
Pottawattamie County ranks #20 of 67 IA counties by declarations (5), above the IA median of 3. Storm, tornado and wind leads with 4.
Widest gap: 1,879 days (5.1 years), DR-4421 (March 23, 2019) to DR-4779 (May 14, 2024). Since DR-4796 the file has run another 813 days.
1 in hail shows up in 11 of 12 full years. 9 lack a storm declaration, the first being 2016. The most days, 5, came in 2024.
19 tornadoes are on record, the strongest EF3, April 26, 2024, near Carter Lake. Top gust 109 mph (June 3, 2014). Peaks land inside 3 of 4 storm windows.
Year by year
| Pottawattamie County year | Storm-type | Other | Hail days 1 in+, Pottawattamie | Hail reports |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | – | 3 | 10 |
| 2015 | – | – | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2017 | – | – | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | – | – | 2 | 5 |
| 2019 | – | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 2020 | – | – | 1 | 3 |
| 2021 | – | – | 2 | 4 |
| 2022 | – | – | 5 | 8 |
| 2023 | – | – | 4 | 5 |
| 2024 | 3 | – | 5 | 8 |
| 2025 | – | – | 2 | 17 |
| 2026 (hail Jan–Jun) | – | – | 2 | 5 |
All 5 declarations
| Pottawattamie County # | DR | Declared | Hail days that year, Pottawattamie | Incident | Kind | Days after prior | NOAA inside |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 of 5 | 4796 | 2024-06-24 | 5 | 2024-06-16 to 2024-07-23 | Severe Storm DR | 31 | 2.5 in hail; 90 mph gust |
| 4 of 5 | 4784 | 2024-05-24 | 5 | 2024-05-20 to 2024-05-31 | Severe Storm DR | 10 | – |
| 3 of 5 | 4779 | 2024-05-14 | 5 | 2024-04-26 to 2024-04-27 | Tornado DR | 1879 | EF3 tornado; EF3 tornado; EF3 tornado |
| 2 of 5 | 4421 | 2019-03-23 | 4 | 2019-03-12 to 2019-06-15 | Flood DR | 1713 | – |
| 1 of 5 | 4181 | 2014-07-14 | 3 | 2014-06-03 to 2014-06-04 | Severe Storm DR | first | EF2 tornado; 109 mph gust; 90 mph gust |
Hail reports on the map
Roofers we list: Council Bluffs.
Pottawattamie County questions
How many FEMA declarations name Pottawattamie County?
5 since 2014. First: DR-4181, July 14, 2014. Latest: DR-4796, June 24, 2024. Storm 4, flood 1, winter 0, fire 0.
Which Pottawattamie County hail years have no storm declaration?
9 of 11; the latest is 2025.
Was the biggest Pottawattamie County hail day declared?
The biggest stone, 4 in hail on April 17, 2025, falls inside none of the 5 declaration windows.
Nearby in IA
- Story County (4)
Method and limits. Sources: OpenFEMA, NOAA Storm Events.