Hail, Fayette
- When
- June 12, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Wadena
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.833, -91.650
Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
The public reported hail the size of pennies and dimes.
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
- None recorded
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
The public reported hail the size of pennies and dimes.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 11, 2:05 PM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 2:05 PM CST, 10 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 305 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001 ...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE AREA... MAIN CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO DEAL WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OTHER CONCERNS WITH THIS PACKAGE IS THE WARM FRONTAL POSITION ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...AND THE LOCATION OF THE COLD FRONT ON THURSDAY. AT 19Z...A SURFACE WARM FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM MOLINE ILLINOIS... TO JUST SOUTH OF DECORAH IOWA...TO A DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WATERTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA. SOUTH OF THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE MIDDLE 90S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 70S. THIS HAS RESULTED IN A VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE IS CAPES ABOVE 5000 J/KG AND LIFTED INDICES AS LOW AS -11. DUE TO A WARM AIR MASS BETWEEN 850 MB AND 700 MB...THIS AREA HAS REMAINED CAPPED THIS AFTERNOON...BUT AS THE STRONG UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVED INTO THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...LAPS HAS SHOWN THE CONVECTIVE INHIBITION HAS DECREASED TO BELOW 50 J/KG. FURTHER EROSION IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...DUE TO THE LIFTING ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SHORT WAVE. TO THE NORTH OF THIS WARM FRONT...TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S WITH DEW POINTS IN THE MIDDLE 60S. WITH A SOUTHEAST SURFACE WIND NORTH OF THIS FRONT AND SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS ALOFT... HELICITY VALUES WILL INCREASE ABOVE 300. AS A RESULT...TORNADOES LOOK TO BE A POSSIBILITY ALONG THE WARM FRONT. WITH THE SHEAR PROFILES AND THE AMOUNT OF INSTABILITY SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT... THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY INITIATE AS A SUPERCELLS. AS TIME PROGRESSES INTO THE EVENING...THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE VIA THE SOUNDINGS...WEAK MID LEVEL STORM RELATIVE FLOW AND STRONG PRESSURE FALLS...THAT THE STORMS SHOULD EVOLVE INTO AN ASYMMETRIC SQUALL LINE. ALSO...THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE FRONT MAY ELONGATE ITSELF FAVORABLE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS IOWA. WITH THE MODELS SHOWING THAT 50 TO 60 KNOT 850 MB WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...I EXPECT A MCS TO DEVELOP OVER NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND MOVE ALONG THE WARM FRONT. THE MODELS INDICATE THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY MOVE SOUTH OF OUR AREA...BUT WE WILL TO WATCH THIS CLOSELY TONIGHT. ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...THE FRONT THAT GOES THROUGH US TONIGHT WILL RETURN NORTH AS A WARM FRONT. THE MODELS HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS ON HOW FAR NORTH THIS WARM FRONT WILL GET DURING THE DAY TUESDAY. THE AVIATION IS THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THIS FRONT. MEANWHILE...THE ETA IS THE SLOWEST. WITH THE OUTFLOW FROM THE CONVECTION THIS EVENING FORCING THE FRONT SOUTH INTO CENTRAL IOWA...I PREFER THE SLOWER ETA SOLUTION. THE ETA MODEL SHOWS THAT THE 850 MB WINDS WILL BE INCREASING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT...SO WE WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR ELEVATED SEVERE STORMS. FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE MODELS SHOW THAT A COLD FRONT WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN ADDITION...UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVES EMBEDDED IN THE SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BE MOVING ALOFT. THESE SHORT WAVES WILL PRODUCE THE LIFT FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THE EXACT TIMING OF THE SYSTEM IS IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW...BECAUSE THE MODELS HAVE BEEN SHOWING THIS SYSTEM SLOWING DOWN. .LSE...NONE. BOYNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:39 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1039 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1022 PM TOMAH WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
1023 PM TOMAH WI .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
GLLocal storm report, Jun 11, 9:44 PM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1044 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1040 PM 9 N TOMAH WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS JUST
WEST OF WARRENS.
SHEALocal storm report, Jun 11, 10:01 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1101 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1049 PM TOMAH WI .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
1053 PM 2 W TOMAH WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
GLLocal storm report, Jun 11, 10:38 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1138 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1052 PM HUSTLER WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 JUNEAU REPORTED BY SHERIFF
1100 PM FOUR CORNERS WI .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTER
1104 PM CATARACT WI .88 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERS
1135 PM 2 W &TOMAH WI 1 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERS.
SHEALocal storm report, Jun 11, 10:54 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1154 PM CDT MON JUN 11 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION.... T
1147 PM ELROY WI .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 JUNEAU REPORTED BY STORM SPOTTERS.
SHEALocal storm report, Jun 11, 11:01 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1201 AM CDT TUE JUN 12 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1135 PM TUNNEL CITY WI .75 INCH HAIL
06/11/01 MONROE REPORTED BY COOP OBSERVER.
SHEAThe radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 116 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Clayton
- When
- June 12, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Clayton County, Mc Gregor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.017, -91.183
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 Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 12, 2001
- Flooding in Iowa, June 12 to 23, 2001
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Flash Flood and Hail in Iowa, June 12 to 13, 2001
- Hail in Minnesota, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Utah, June 12, 2001
- Hail in Iowa, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 12, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 12, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Georgia, June 12 to 13, 2001
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2001
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: 5247391, 5247392.