Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- April 2, 9:57 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, New Hampton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -92.330
Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1999
Hail the size of dimes was reported by law enforcement officials as isolated and short-lived severe thunderstorms affected 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
- 2
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.
Hail the size of dimes was reported by law enforcement officials as isolated and short-lived severe thunderstorms affected northeast Iowa.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 124 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Floyd
- When
- April 2, 10:43 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County, Charles City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -92.700
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Arkansas, April 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, April 1999
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: 5689236, 5689237.