Hail, O'Brien
- When
- August 26, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County, Sanborn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 43.084, -95.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 26, 1993
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $155,000
- Crop damage
- $61,000
- Events
- 4
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 26, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Spencer
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 43.083, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- August 26, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County, Hartley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.084, -95.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, O'Brien
- When
- August 26, 11:37 PM CST
- Where
- O'Brien County, Hartley
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.084, -95.625 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 26, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 26, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 26, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 26, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 26, 1993
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, August 26, 1993
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 1993
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 26, 1993
- Hail in West Virginia, August 26, 1993
- Hail in Minnesota, August 26, 1993
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, August 1993
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: 10324038, 10321524, 10324039, 10324040.