Hail, Woodbury
- When
- July 2, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Woodbury County, Bronson
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -96.200
Hail in Iowa, July 2, 1999
Large hail broke windows in cars and homes, and otherwise dented vehicles and siding. The hail caused major crop damage in the area, but the amount of crop damage was unknown.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Large hail broke windows in cars and homes, and otherwise dented vehicles and siding. The hail caused major crop damage in the area, but the amount of crop damage was unknown.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Iowa in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 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: 5711970.