Hail, Warren
- When
- June 20, 3:49 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County, Indianola
- Measured
- 0.85 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -93.570
Hail in Iowa, June 20, 1997
Very unstable air was located over Iowa with surface dew point temperatures in the 75 to 80 degree range and lifted indices around -15 degrees C. The lack of a boundary in the area precluded development over central Iowa, however one cell developed rapidly over Warren County.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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.
Very unstable air was located over Iowa with surface dew point temperatures in the 75 to 80 degree range and lifted indices around -15 degrees C. The lack of a boundary in the area precluded development over central Iowa, however one cell developed rapidly over Warren County. It dropped hail nearly the size of nickels in Indianola before it dissipated.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:48 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 20 to 21, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Michigan, June 20 to 23, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 20, 1997
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: 5598763.