Hail, Muscatine
- When
- May 11, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Muscatine County, West Liberty
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.583, -91.267
Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
Strong warm air advection led to rapid development of thunderstorms over Eastern Iowa during the morning. Most of the storms were elevated, limiting the main threat to large hail.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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 DVN wrote it up.
Strong warm air advection led to rapid development of thunderstorms over Eastern Iowa during the morning. Most of the storms were elevated, limiting the main threat to large hail. There were several reports of hail reaching golfball size.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:43 UTC.
Event by event
13 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cedar
- When
- May 11, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cedar County, Mechanicsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -91.267
Hail, Delaware
- When
- May 11, 6:20 AM CST
- Where
- Delaware County, 3 mi NE of Dundee
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.617, -91.500
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 11, 6:37 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Dewitt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.817, -90.550
Hail, Dubuque
- When
- May 11, 6:58 AM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County, Rickardsville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -90.883
Hail, Dubuque
- When
- May 11, 6:58 AM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County, Holy Cross
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -90.983
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 11, 7:01 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County, Princeton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.667, -90.350
Hail, Scott
- When
- May 11, 7:05 AM CST
- Where
- Scott County, 5 mi N of Long Grove
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.767, -90.600
Hail, Dubuque
- When
- May 11, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County, Dubuque
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -90.667
Hail, Dubuque
- When
- May 11, 7:12 AM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County, Dubuque
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -90.667
Hail, Dubuque
- When
- May 11, 7:15 AM CST
- Where
- Dubuque County, Dubuque
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -90.667
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 11, 7:35 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Dewitt
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.817, -90.550
Hail, Clinton
- When
- May 11, 7:53 AM CST
- Where
- Clinton County, Clinton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.833, -90.200
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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- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 11, 2000
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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: 5145827, 5145828, 5145829, 5145830, 5145831, 5145832, 5145833, 5145834, 5145835, 5145836, 5145837, 5145903, 5145904.