Hail, Lee
- When
- May 20, 7:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Keokuk
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -91.380
Hail in Iowa, May 20, 1998
Strong thunderstorms with gusty wind, heavy rain, and large hail orginated in Missouri and moved across portions of Southeast Iowa into West Central Illinois.
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 DVN wrote it up.
Strong thunderstorms with gusty wind, heavy rain, and large hail orginated in Missouri and moved across portions of Southeast Iowa into West Central Illinois.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 150 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:45 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- May 20, 10:43 AM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Batavia
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -92.170
Hail, Van Buren
- When
- May 20, 11:08 AM CST
- Where
- Van Buren County, Utica
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -91.920
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 in Iowa, May 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 20, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 20, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 20 to 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, May 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, May 20, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1998
- Drought in Louisiana, May 20 to 31, 1998
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, May 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: 5663173, 5663174, 5663175.