Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 17, 11:54 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, 7 mi SW of Belmont
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.667, -90.417
Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 2000
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon heat and dumped large hail. ).
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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 MKX wrote it up.
Scattered severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon heat and dumped large hail. Several vehicles sustained light damage near Belmont (Lafayette Co.). The storms were set up by an east-west frontal boundary over northern Illinois extending back to a deep low pressure over Colorado. This situation would lead to several rounds of severe weather and flash flooding across southern Wisconsin during the evening hours of the 17th through the 18th.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Iowa
- When
- May 17, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Iowa County, Rewey
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -90.400
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- May 17, 1:13 PM CST to 1:18 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, 3 mi NW of Belmont
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.767, -90.383
Hail, Green
- When
- May 17, 1:55 PM CST
- Where
- Green County, 6 mi W of Monticello
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.733, -89.700
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
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5144819, 5144816, 5144817, 5144818.