Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 11, 7:25 AM CST to 7:34 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Benton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.567, -90.383
Hail in Wisconsin, May 11, 2000
Two clusters of severe thunderstorms marched through Lafayette County during the early morning hours. Large hail, which accompanied the storms, damaged several vehicles besides shredding tree leaves.
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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 MKX wrote it up.
Two clusters of severe thunderstorms marched through Lafayette County during the early morning hours. Large hail, which accompanied the storms, damaged several vehicles besides shredding tree leaves. Synoptically, low pressure was moving northeast through North Dakota while a cool front trailed down through Minnesota to eastern Iowa. A warm front was found over northern Illinois. This early morning activity set the stage for another longer round of severe weather later in the evening on the 11th into the early morning hours of the 12th.
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:26 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 11, 7:52 AM CST to 7:57 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Gratiot
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -90.017
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 Hail in Iowa, May 11, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, May 11 to 12, 2000
- 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: 5143896, 5143897.