Iowa, 1995

Hail in Iowa, July 7, 1995

July 7, 1995 · 3 events in 1 county or zone

3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$7,000
Crop damage
$3,000
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.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Ringgold

When
July 7, 8:34 PM CST
Where
Ringgold County, Benton
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$3,000
Crop damage
$1,000
Coordinates
40.735, -94.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A warm front extended southeast to northwest to the southwest of Iowa. The air mass was very unstable to the southwest of the front with lifted indices in the -10° C range, but was capped. Thunderstorms fired on the cold side of the front. Favorable shear in the upper air wind fields allowed some of the storms to become severe. Most of the severe weather occurred south of Iowa, but one cell dropped three quarter to one inch diameter hail on Ringgold County before it moved southeast into Missouri.

Hail, Ringgold

When
July 7, 8:40 PM CST
Where
Ringgold County, Benton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Crop damage
$1,000
Coordinates
40.735, -94.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A warm front extended southeast to northwest to the southwest of Iowa. The air mass was very unstable to the southwest of the front with lifted indices in the -10° C range, but was capped. Thunderstorms fired on the cold side of the front. Favorable shear in the upper air wind fields allowed some of the storms to become severe. Most of the severe weather occurred south of Iowa, but one cell dropped three quarter to one inch diameter hail on Ringgold County before it moved southeast into Missouri.

Hail, Ringgold

When
July 7, 9:04 PM CST
Where
Ringgold County, Benton
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$3,000
Crop damage
$1,000
Coordinates
40.735, -94.244 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A warm front extended southeast to northwest to the southwest of Iowa. The air mass was very unstable to the southwest of the front with lifted indices in the -10° C range, but was capped. Thunderstorms fired on the cold side of the front. Favorable shear in the upper air wind fields allowed some of the storms to become severe. Most of the severe weather occurred south of Iowa, but one cell dropped three quarter to one inch diameter hail on Ringgold County before it moved southeast into Missouri.

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.

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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: 10323898, 10323899, 10323900.