Hail, Winneshiek
- When
- May 30, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, 8 mi NW of Ridgeway
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Crop damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.383, -92.117
Hail in Iowa, May 30, 2000
Spotters and law enforcement officials reported dime to half-dollar size 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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- $27,000
- Events
- 4
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 reported dime to half-dollar size hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Winneshiek
- When
- May 30, 9:22 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, 4 mi E of Calmar
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -91.800
Hail, Winneshiek
- When
- May 30, 9:35 PM CST
- Where
- Winneshiek County, 3 mi W of Frankville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 43.183, -91.700
Hail, Allamakee
- When
- May 30, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, 5 mi E of Postville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.083, -91.483
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, May 30, 2000
- Wildfire in New Mexico, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Washington, May 30 to 31, 2000
- High Wind in Nebraska, May 30, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 2000
- Flood in Colorado, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 2000
- Waterspouts in Florida, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, May 30, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 30, 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: 5142819, 5142816, 5142817, 5142818.