Hail, Emmet
- When
- July 2, 4:50 AM CST
- Where
- Emmet County, Estherville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.417, -94.850
Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 2000
Very unstable air advected into Iowa on an increasing southerly flow of air. Lifted Indices reached -7 by the early morning hours as dew point temperatures at the 850 mb level rose into the teens.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- 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 DMX wrote it up.
Very unstable air advected into Iowa on an increasing southerly flow of air. Lifted Indices reached -7 by the early morning hours as dew point temperatures at the 850 mb level rose into the teens. A large area of thunderstorms developed to the north of Iowa during the evening hours. For the most part, the storms remained to the north of Iowa. During the predawn hours, the outflow boundary from the convection to the north moved south into Iowa. Thunderstorms developed along the boundary. A few of them became severe and produced hail to nearly an inch in diameter and winds around 60 MPH as they moved into Emmet and Palo Alto Counties. The greatest damage was due to the hail. Crop damage was reported in the area, especially in Emmet County.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:52 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Emmet
- When
- July 2, 4:57 AM CST
- Where
- Emmet County, 1 mi W of Estherville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.417, -94.867
Hail, Palo Alto
- When
- July 2, 5:07 AM CST
- Where
- Palo Alto County, Graettinger
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.233, -94.767
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Missouri, July 2 to 14, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, July 2, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, July 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 2, 2000
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 2 to 5, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 2, 2000
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 2, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 2, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 2, 2000
More
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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: 5154060, 5154061, 5154139.