Hail, Woodbury
- When
- May 28, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County, Sioux City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -96.380
Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
Widespread hail caused extensive damage to windows and crops, with other home damage also occurring.
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
- $2.0 million
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- 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 FSD wrote it up.
Widespread hail caused extensive damage to windows and crops, with other home damage also occurring.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Woodbury
- When
- May 28, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County, Sioux City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -96.380
Hail, Woodbury
- When
- May 28, 7:55 PM CST to 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County, Climbing Hill
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.4 million
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -96.080
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 Nebraska, May 28 to 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 28, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 28, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 28, 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: 5645299, 5645300, 5645301.