Hail in Iowa, May 19, 2004

Name: Hail in Iowa, May 19, 2004
Start: 2004-05-19T16:24
End: 2004-05-19T16:24
Location: Iowa

May 19, 2004 · 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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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 19, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 2:15 PM CST, 2 hours 9 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
315 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN PBLM THIS EVE IS WHERE TRW WILL FIRE UP. CURRENTLY TRW FIRING
UP ACRS NW IA ON NOSE LLJ. WUD EXPECT A FEW TRW TO ALSO FIRE UP
ALONG FNT TO THE W LATE THIS AFTN AS AIRMASS HEATS OUT AND BECOMES
UNSTABLE. THESE STORMS SHUD SPREAD EWD THIS EVE. DO NOT BELIEVE
ACTIVITY WL BE WIDESPREAD...BUT MAY BE MORE NUMEROUS ACRS NW IA AND
SW MN THIS EVE AS AIRMASS WL CONT TO BECOME MORE UNSTABLE. CURRENTLY
WATCH OUT FOR NW CWA AND WL PBLY SEE AT LEAST ANOTHER WATCH ISSUED.
ACTIVITY SHUD SHIFT EWD OUT OF CWA AROUND 05Z.

SHUD BE QUITE MOST OF THU...BUT AS FNT STALLS ACRS NEB AND IA...AND
AIRMASS HEATS OUT TO THE S...WUD EXPECT TRW TO BEGING TO FIRE UP
LATE AFTN NR BNDRY ACRS FAR SRN CWA AND THEN SPREAD NWD OVERNIGHT
WITH POT FOR SVR WX AND HEAVY RAINS. WUD PUT BEST POT FOR HVY RAINS
ACRS SW MN ATTM. PRECIP WL LINGER OVER NE CWA FRI MORN...BUT WITH
FNT IN AREA...MORE STORMS WL DEVELOP LATE AFTN AND CONT OVERNIGHT.
LOOKS LIKE SIMILAR PATTERN FOR SAT WITH AFNT AND NIGHT TIME STORMS.
LINGER CHC ERN CWA SUN MORN...WITH DRY WX REST OF DAY.

YET ANOTHER WAVE AND FNT MON CUD TRIGGER MORE STORMS AND HAVE KEPT
POPS GOING.

TEMPS WL BE TRICKY DPENDING ON WHAT SIDE OF FNT YOU ARE ON. SUX AND
NW IA SHUD BE WARMEST THRU SAT AS FNT WL LIKELY STALL IN THAT AREA.
FARHTER N COOLER TEMPS AND NELY FLOW.

&&

.FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 11:00 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1200 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-201200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM THE NORTHWEST...AND VERY UNSTABLE AIR
OVER THE AREA AHEAD OF THE FRONT...WILL BRING A POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. LOW CLOUDS WILL LIMIT
HEATING AND PREVENT STORMS FROM DEVELOPING OVER MOST OF THE AREA
DURING THE DAY. HOWEVER...BY THE END OF THIS
AFTERNOON...THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER IN
SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WOULD THEN MOVE OVER THE REST OF THE AREA
THIS EVENING.

THE EXTENT OF THE AREA THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS IS
STILL UNCERTAIN BECAUSE OF THE CLOUD COVER AND LIMITED HEATING.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND POSSIBLY A FEW TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE IF STORMS DEVELOP.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM INTO A COMPLEX OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST IOWA THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS
BECOMING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND
INTO THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE PERIOD AS WELL. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO TELL THE
EXACT LOCATION AND MOST LIKELY TYPE OF SEVERE WEATHER. IN
ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE IN
THE DAYS 4 THROUGH 7 TIME FRAME...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...AS A
NEARLY STATIONARY BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO BE IN THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 6 PM OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 8 PM OVER SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 3:25 PM CST, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
425 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  1.75 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0255 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0300 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0300 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0302 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0308 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0315 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  2.50 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

0316 PM     HAIL             3 N LE MARS             42.83N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0317 PM     HAIL             4 NNE MARCUS            42.82N 95.81W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        CHEROKEE           IA   PUBLIC

0319 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0320 PM     HAIL             7 WSW PAULLINA          42.94N 95.81W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0320 PM     HAIL             1 N OYENS               42.83N 96.06W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   PUBLIC

0330 PM     HAIL             PAULLINA                42.98N 95.69W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0356 PM     HAIL             6 WSW PAULLINA          42.95N 95.80W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0413 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0415 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   PUBLIC

&&

CPJ

Local storm report, May 19, 3:28 PM CST, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
428 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  1.75 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0255 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0300 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0300 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0302 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0308 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0315 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  2.50 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

0316 PM     HAIL             3 N LE MARS             42.83N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0316 PM     HAIL             3 N LE MARS             42.83N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0317 PM     HAIL             4 NNE MARCUS            42.82N 95.81W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        CHEROKEE           IA   PUBLIC

0319 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0320 PM     HAIL             7 WSW PAULLINA          42.94N 95.81W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0320 PM     HAIL             1 N OYENS               42.83N 96.06W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   PUBLIC

0330 PM     HAIL             PAULLINA                42.98N 95.69W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0356 PM     HAIL             6 WSW PAULLINA          42.95N 95.80W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0413 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0415 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   PUBLIC

0418 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.25 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CPJ

Local storm report, May 19, 3:41 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
441 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0253 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  1.75 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0255 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0300 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0300 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0302 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0308 PM     HAIL             MERRILL                 42.72N 96.25W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0315 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  2.50 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

0316 PM     HAIL             3 N LE MARS             42.83N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0316 PM     HAIL             3 N LE MARS             42.83N 96.17W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0317 PM     HAIL             4 NNE MARCUS            42.82N 95.81W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        CHEROKEE           IA   PUBLIC

0319 PM     HAIL             LE MARS                 42.79N 96.17W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0320 PM     HAIL             1 N OYENS               42.83N 96.06W
05/19/2004  0.88 INCH        PLYMOUTH           IA   PUBLIC

0320 PM     HAIL             7 WSW PAULLINA          42.94N 95.81W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0330 PM     HAIL             PAULLINA                42.98N 95.69W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0356 PM     HAIL             6 WSW PAULLINA          42.95N 95.80W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0413 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0415 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   PUBLIC

0418 PM     HAIL             PRIMGHAR                43.09N 95.63W
05/19/2004  1.25 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0435 PM     HAIL             2 S SPENCER             43.12N 95.15W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        CLAY               IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

0438 PM     HAIL             HARTLEY                 43.18N 95.48W
05/19/2004  1.00 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CPJ

Local storm report, May 19, 4:00 PM CST, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
500 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     HAIL             FOSTORIA                43.24N 95.15W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        CLAY               IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

CPJ

Local storm report, May 19, 4:11 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
511 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     HAIL             7 WSW MILFORD           43.29N 95.28W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        DICKINSON          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CPJ

Local storm report, May 19, 4:20 PM CST, 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
520 PM CDT WED MAY 19 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0519 PM     HAIL             MILFORD                 43.33N 95.15W
05/19/2004  0.75 INCH        DICKINSON          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CPJ

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dickinson

When: May 19, 4:24 PM CST
Where: Dickinson County, Arnolds Park
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.367, -95.133

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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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Iowa in 2004 Every state in 2004 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, May 2004

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: 5403197.