Hail, Floyd
- When
- June 20, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County, 10 mi SE of Charles City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -92.570
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20 to 21, 1997
A cluster of severe thunderstorms with golf ball size hail and winds gusting to 80 mph damaged trees, barns, power lines and blew part of the roof off a restaurant near Oelwein.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $142,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Events
- 8
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 ARX wrote it up.
A cluster of severe thunderstorms with golf ball size hail and winds gusting to 80 mph damaged trees, barns, power lines and blew part of the roof off a restaurant near Oelwein.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:21 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 20, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Westgate
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -92.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 20, 11:57 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Oelwein
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 20, 11:57 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, 1 mi E of Oelwein
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 21, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, 2 mi S of Oelwein
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -91.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- June 21, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Oelwein
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.900
Hail, Clayton
- When
- June 21, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clayton County, Strawberry Point
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Clayton
- When
- June 21, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clayton County, Strawberry Point
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -91.530
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
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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: 5603591, 5603585, 5603588, 5603589, 5603590, 5603586, 5603592, 5603587.