Hail, Guthrie
- When
- March 29, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Guthrie County, Stuart
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.684, -94.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in Iowa, March 29, 1993
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 29, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, Winterset
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.331, -94.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A strong southerly flow of moist and unstable air moved over Iowa during the afternoon of the 29th. Thunderstorms erupted during the late afternoon and early evening hours. There were numerous reports of gusty winds and pea- to marble-size hail with the storms as the overspread the west half of Iowa. A few of the storms became severe over south central into central Iowa. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail fell from the storms as the approached the Des Moines metropolitan area in Madison County. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail also fell in Guthrie County. Lightning from the storms resulted in numerous brief power outages. Some power outages were reported due tree limbs being downed by gusty winds.
Hail, Madison
- When
- March 29, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County, St. Charles
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.331, -94.016 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A strong southerly flow of moist and unstable air moved over Iowa during the afternoon of the 29th. Thunderstorms erupted during the late afternoon and early evening hours. There were numerous reports of gusty winds and pea- to marble-size hail with the storms as the overspread the west half of Iowa. A few of the storms became severe over south central into central Iowa. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail fell from the storms as the approached the Des Moines metropolitan area in Madison County. Three-quarter-inch diameter hail also fell in Guthrie County. Lightning from the storms resulted in numerous brief power outages. Some power outages were reported due tree limbs being downed by gusty winds.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 10321730, 10323669, 10323670.