Hail, Guthrie
- When
- June 23, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Guthrie County, 10 mi W of Guthrie Center
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -94.700
Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1996
A warm front was poised just south of Iowa during the morning. During the afternoon it crept up into the southwest part of the state.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $20,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
A warm front was poised just south of Iowa during the morning. During the afternoon it crept up into the southwest part of the state. The air on the warm side of the front was very humid and unstable with dew points in the lower to middle 70s. Thunderstorms erupted during the late afternoon hours near the intersection of the warm front and an approaching cold front from the northwest. The storms became severe quickly and dropped hail on Ringgold and Guthrie Counties. The thunderstorms did eventually form a line across much of southern Iowa, dropping hail. Most of the hail was under 1/2 inch in diameter however. Gusty winds were also reported, but they were below severe levels.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:02 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Heat in South Carolina, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Indiana, June 23, 1996
- Tornado in Washington, June 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 23, 1996
More
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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: 5553687.