Iowa, 1995

Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1995

May 28, 1995 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$1,000
Events
1

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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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Buena Vista

When
May 28, 4:00 AM CST
Where
Buena Vista County
Measured
0.25 in hail
Crop damage
$1,000
Coordinates
42.736, -95.151 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Small hail accumulated up to six inches. Damage was mainly to tomato and other garden plants. Although corn was exposed to the hail, little damage occurred as the growing point of the corn plants had not yet emerged to the surface.

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: 10322069.