Iowa, 2001

Hail in Iowa, May 9, 2001

May 9, 2001 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 9, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:15 PM CST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 PM CDT WED MAY 9 2001

LOTS OF CHGS GOING ON THIS AFTN AND HARD TO KEEP UP. APPEARS NOW FNT
WILL LAY OVER FM NWRN IA TO CNTRL NEB THIS EVE AS NEW LOW PRES DVLPS
EWD FM WYOMING. THIS WILL CAUSE GULF MOISTURE TO CONVERGE BACK NWWD
ALG BOUNDARY WITH NOCTURNAL BACKING OF LOW LVL JET...AND STILL EXPCT
SVR TSTMS TO BRK OUT IN SERN THIRD OF CWA TNGT. MORE SHWRS/TSTMS
SHOULD DVLP INTO SWRN CWA DURG NGT AND SPRD ENE. AVN MODEL MOST
INTENSE WITH NEW LOW AND LOOKS A LIT MORE REASONABLE AND CONSISTENT
THAN OTHER MODELS. THIS WOULD IMPLY STG POPS IN SRN CWA TNGT AND OVR
MOST OF CWA FOR THU...ENDG FM W TO E THU NGT AND FRI MRNG. RAIN
COOLED AIR AND NELY WINDS MAY PUT DAMPER ON TEMPS IN PARTS OF CWA
FOR THU. LOOKS LIKE RIDGE RIDING WARM ADV PATTERN MAY GIVE NEXT MAIN
CHC TSTMS ANYTIME FM SUN THRU MON. LONG RANGE MRF nSUSPICIOUS WITH
OVERAMPLIFICATION OF LONG WAVE PATTERN AND APPEARS TO GIVE TOO MUCH
COOL AIR INTO AREA TUE AND WED. WILL BE A LIT MORE OPTIMISTIC WITH
TEMPS AND GO DRY TUE AND WED.

.FSD...NONE
RYRHOLM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 4:50 PM CST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
550 PM CDT WED MAY 09 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0530 PM    CLEGHORN                  IA   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   CHEROKEE                       REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0538 PM    LARRABEE                  IA   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/09/01   CoHEROKEE

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Buena Vista

When
May 9, 5:45 PM CST
Where
Buena Vista County, Rembrandt
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.833, -95.167

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5243621.