Hail, Hamilton
- When
- August 22, 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 1 mi S of Randall
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 42.217, -93.600
Hail in Iowa, August 22, 2000
Thunderstorms formed to the northwest of Iowa and moved southeast into Iowa. The storms formed as an upper level disturbance moved through the area on the warm side of an approaching cold front.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- 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 DMX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms formed to the northwest of Iowa and moved southeast into Iowa. The storms formed as an upper level disturbance moved through the area on the warm side of an approaching cold front. Most of the storms remained below severe levels as they moved through the state. One of the cells produced nickle size hail as it moved through Hamilton County. The hail resulted in damage to crops mainly.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Missouri, August 22 to 31, 2000
- Heat in Mississippi, August 22, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in Puerto Rico, August 22 to 23, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 22, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, August 22, 2000
- Hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 22, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 22, 2000
- Wildfire in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in California, August 22, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 22, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, August 2000
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: 5176814.