Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- May 31, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, 2 mi N of Stacyville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $750
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.467, -92.783
Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 31, 2000
Law enforcement officials estimated winds of 60 mph, while dime size hail was reported by the public.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $13,000
- Events
- 5
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.
Law enforcement officials estimated winds of 60 mph, while dime size hail was reported by the public.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mitchell
- When
- May 31, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Stacyville
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $500
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.433, -92.783
Hail, Allamakee
- When
- May 31, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Allamakee County, 1 mi N of Lansing
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -91.233
Hail, Mitchell
- When
- May 31, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Mitchell County, Mc Intire
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.433, -92.600
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 31, 11:28 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Lime Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $8,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -92.283
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Wind in Indiana, May 31, 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: 5142444, 5142442, 5142443, 5142445, 5142446.