Hail, Hardin
- When
- May 30, 5:34 AM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.520, -93.530
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1989
8 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 30, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -93.200
Hail, Fayette
- When
- May 30, 6:35 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -91.850
Hail, Bremer
- When
- May 30, 7:18 AM CST
- Where
- Bremer County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -92.480
Hail, Clayton
- When
- May 30, 8:10 AM CST
- Where
- Clayton County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -91.520
Hail, Clayton
- When
- May 30, 8:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clayton County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -91.180
Hail, Hardin
- When
- May 30, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -93.300
Hail, Hardin
- When
- May 30, 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -93.100
Tornado, Hardin
- When
- May 30, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hardin County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -93.170
Tornado, Grundy
- When
- May 30, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Grundy County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -92.980
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 30, 1989
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 1989
- Tornadoes in Wyoming, May 30, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 30, 1989
- Hail in Illinois, May 30, 1989
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 30, 1989
- Hail in Nebraska, May 30, 1989
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1989Every state in 1989This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 1989Warnings in Iowa, May 1989
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: 10028422, 10028423, 10028424, 10028425, 10028426, 10028427, 10028428, 10028429, 10028430, 10028431.