Hail, Allamakee
- When
- August 12, 7:33 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, Postville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -91.580
Hail in Iowa, August 12, 1999
2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- $13,000
- 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.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:35 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Allamakee
- When
- August 12, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, Volney
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -91.380
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 Illinois, August 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 12, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Tennessee, August 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 12, 1999
- Tornado in Illinois, August 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 12, 1999
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, August 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 12, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 12, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, August 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: 5710045, 5710046.