Hail, Fayette
- When
- March 29, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Wadena
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -91.650
Hail in Iowa, March 29, 1998
Law enforcement officials and storm spotters reported dime size hail over parts of northeast Iowa.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Law enforcement officials and storm spotters reported dime size hail over parts of northeast Iowa.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clayton
- When
- March 29, 10:05 AM CST
- Where
- Clayton County, St Olaf
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.930, -91.380
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- March 29, 1:38 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, Alta Vista
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -92.430
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
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- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, March 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, March 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, March 1998
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: 5630792, 5630841, 5630840.