Hail, Floyd
- When
- June 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Floyd County, Charles City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -92.700
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 2000
Spotters and law enforcement officials estimated wind gusts as high as 70 mph, which blew down trees and power lines. Hail the size of dimes and nickels was also reported.
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
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
Spotters and law enforcement officials estimated wind gusts as high as 70 mph, which blew down trees and power lines. Hail the size of dimes and nickels was also reported.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:58 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Winneshiek
- When
- June 15, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, Decorah
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -91.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Winneshiek
- When
- June 15, 7:46 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, Calmar
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -91.883
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- June 15, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, Chickasaw
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.033, -92.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Allamakee
- When
- June 15, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, Volney
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.133, -91.383
Hail, Winneshiek
- When
- June 15, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, Festina
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.117, -91.883
Hail, Winneshiek
- When
- June 15, 8:48 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, Ossian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -91.783
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
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in South Carolina, June 15 to 18, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 15, 2000
- Tornado in Ohio, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 15, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 15, 2000
- High Wind in Idaho, June 15, 2000
- Damaging Winds in New York, June 15, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Virginia, June 15 to 16, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, June 15, 2000
- Flash Flood in New York, June 15, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5151212, 5151213, 5151214, 5151215, 5151216, 5151217, 5151218.