Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1997

Name: Hail in Iowa, May 7, 1997
Start: 1997-05-07T15:24
End: 1997-05-07T15:24
Location: Iowa

May 7, 1997 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

South of Iowa School for the Deaf near junction of Highways 275 and 92.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
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 OAX wrote it up.

South of Iowa School for the Deaf near junction of Highways 275 and 92.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:21 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pottawattamie

When: May 7, 3:24 PM CST
Where: Pottawattamie County, Council Bluffs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.270, -95.870

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 1997 Every state in 1997 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, May 1997

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: 5607062.