Hail, Crawford
- When
- June 12, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Aspinwall
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.917, -95.133
Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2000
S. Surface dew point temperatures were in the mid 60s to low 70s across the area.
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
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Events
- 7
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.
A very moist and unstable airmass was in place over the central U.S. Surface dew point temperatures were in the mid 60s to low 70s across the area. A quasi-stationary front was stretched east to west across west central into southeast Iowa. Thunderstorms erupted along and to the north of the boundary. Many of the storms produced hail of pea to marble size, along with very heavy rainfall. One of the cells became severe and dropped large hail in a swath from Crawford County into Dallas County. Hail of golf ball size was reported with this cell in several locations. One report of nearly tennis ball size hail was received from east of Adel. The storm produced a couple of brief tornado touchdowns. The touchdowns were very brief and in open country. As a result, no damage was reported. The tornadoes were wrapped in the rain and were no more than rope tornadoes at best. The storm weakened very rapidly as it encountered the outflow boundary from further convection to its southeast.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:24 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dallas
- When
- June 12, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, 2 mi SW of Dawson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.833, -94.267
Hail, Guthrie
- When
- June 12, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Guthrie County, 3 mi S of Jamaica
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -94.317
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- June 12, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, 10 mi SW of Perry
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.733, -94.250
Brief rope tornado
Hail, Dallas
- When
- June 12, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, 5 mi SW of Perry
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 41.783, -94.183
Tornado, Dallas
- When
- June 12, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, 5 mi SW of Minburn
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.717, -94.100
Brief rope tornado
Hail, Dallas
- When
- June 12, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dallas County, 2 mi E of Adel
- Measured
- 2.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.617, -93.983
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 12, 2000
- Tornado in Ohio, June 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 12, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 12, 2000
- Hail in Florida, June 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Iowa, 2000Warnings in Iowa, June 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: 5147912, 5147913, 5147914, 5147917, 5147915, 5147918, 5147916.