Hail, Harrison
- When
- May 17, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -95.900
Hail in Iowa, May 17, 1974
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pottawattamie
- When
- May 17, 4:23 PM CST
- Where
- Pottawattamie County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -95.620
Hail, Shelby
- When
- May 17, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -95.330
Hail, Carroll
- When
- May 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -94.880
Hail, Woodbury
- When
- May 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -96.380
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 17, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 17, 1974
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New Mexico, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in New York, May 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Connecticut, May 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in New Jersey, May 17, 1974
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1974Every state in 1974This day in weather history
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10015598, 10015599, 10015600, 10015601, 10015602.