(Des Moines, Iowa) – The National Weather Service, in it’s report on storms that occurred Tuesday, April 4, 2023, said that in southwest Iowa, there were a few relayed reports of hail, but no tornadoes. Here are some of the storm spotter/law enforcement reports:

One-half inch diameter hail 5 miles N/NE of Afton (Union County)

Nickel-size hail fell in Orient (Adair County)

1.75-inch hail fell in Bedford (Taylor County)

1.75-inch hail 4-miles E. of New Market (Taylor Co.)

1 .5 diameter hail 2 mile E. of New Market

One-half inch diameter hail in Mount Ayr (Ringgold County)

One-inch hail was reported 3 miles W/NW of Orient (Adair County)

1.75 inch diameter hail in St. Charles (Madison County)

One-inch diameter hail was reported 3 miles south/southwest of Bedford (Taylor County), and Nickel-size hail was reported to have fallen in Nodaway (Adams County)

Nickel-size hail was reported 3-miles east of Orient, in Adair County

Golf ball size hail fell in Orient