Hail, Butler
- When
- May 12, 3:19 AM CST
- Where
- Butler County, New Hartford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.567, -92.617
Hail in Iowa, May 12, 2000
Thunderstormd fired up during the overnight hours as the nocturnal low level jet strengthened. Moist and unstable air was drawn north into Iowa.
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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $1,000
- 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.
Thunderstormd fired up during the overnight hours as the nocturnal low level jet strengthened. Moist and unstable air was drawn north into Iowa. Thunderstorms erupted over northern Iowa ahead of the warm front. Many of the storms produced hail and gusty winds, however most of them were not severe. One cell did become severe over Butler County and dropped one inch diameter hail at New Hartford.
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:19 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
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Michigan, May 12 to 13, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Michigan, May 12, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Illinois, May 12, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 12, 2000
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, May 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: 5143973.