Hail, Boone
- When
- May 11, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County, 3 mi E of Boone
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.067, -93.817
Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
During the evening hours, cooler air moved in aloft and the cap that had been place eventually broke. Thunderstorms erupted over parts of central Iowa.
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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- 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.
During the evening hours, cooler air moved in aloft and the cap that had been place eventually broke. Thunderstorms erupted over parts of central Iowa. Most of them did not reach severe criteria, however one cell moved through the Boone area and produced golf ball size hail.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:30 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
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- Heat in Texas, May 11, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 11, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 11, 2000
- High Surf in California, May 11 to 12, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, May 11, 2000
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 11, 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: 5142886.