Hail in Iowa, May 21, 2004

Name: Hail in Iowa, May 21, 2004
Start: 2004-05-21T16:27
End: 2004-05-21T16:27
Location: Iowa

May 21, 2004 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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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 21, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 2:00 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
300 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

.DISCUSSION...

FIRST SHOT OF CONVECTION GOIGN OVER SERN CRNR OF AREA AND EWD. XCPCT
MORE ACTVTY TO DVLP A LTL LATR FRTHR WWD WITH ACTVTY SPRDG NEWD WITH
TIME THIS EVE. WILL KEEP A PRETTY GOOD SHOT OF SHWRS AND TSTMS WITH
MENTN OF SVR/HVY RAIN ESPLY SERN PART OF AREA. EXPCT ACTVTY TO KEEP
UP WELL INTO THE NGT THO SVR THREAT WILL GRDLY DCRS.

ACTVTY SHUD BE AT A MIN BY ERY SAT MRNG IN CONTRAST TO THIS MRNG. AS
SHRTWV APPCHS SHWRS AND TSTMS SHUD INCRS SAT AFTN...THAT IS ERYR
THAN TDA. SVR THREAT SAT SHUD BE MAINLY SERN CRNR OF AREA WITH NO
SVR THREAT UP N...IN CONTRAST TO TNGT WHERE THERE IS SOME THREAT
FROM HON YO BKX. ETA MAY BE TOO FAR S WITH FNT/SFC LO THO NGM AND
GFS MAY BE A LTL TOO FAR N. IN ANY EVENT EXPCT DECENT ROUND OF WET
WX LATE SAT AND SAT NGT.

PCPN WILL PRBLY BE A LTL SLOWER TO MOVE OUT SUN THAN WE HAVE BEEN
CARRYNG...BUT SHUD BE OUT BY LATE IN THE DAY. STILL A LOT OF QSTNS
ON MON THREAT SO WILL KEEP GOING GNLY AS WE HAVE HAD IT...WITH A
GNRL FCST OF CHC SHWRS TSTMS MON INTO ERY MON EVE. WE HAVE BEEN
CARRYNG SVR THREAT IN HWO WITH THIS SYS THO MAY BE HARD TO RECOVER
AMS ENUF TO PRODUCE SVR AFTER SUN COOLNG.

EXTNDED PD NOW LOOKS MOSTLY DRY FOR TUE THRU THU...BUT WILL KEEP
SOME CHC COOL AIR SHWRS NWRN PART OF AREA IN COORDINATION WITH
SURROUNDING FCSTS. OTRW DRY AND RELTVLY COOL TIL ANOTHER SYS
APPARNTLY COMES IN FOR FRI...DAY 7. EVEN THAT FAR AHD SEEMS GOOD
ENUF CHC TO MENTN IN FCST.

TEMPS NEXT CPL DAYS WILL SHOW A WARM SE TO COOLR N PATTERN. BY
EXTNDED PD TEMPS SHUD BE MORE GNRLY COOL...WARMNG UP A LTL BY END OF
PD.

&&

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

&&

WILLIAMS

Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 10:55 AM CST, 5 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1155 AM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221200-
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...
THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS A
WARM FRONT MOVES SLOWLY NORTH OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. THESE
STORMS MAY RAPIDLY BECOME SEVERE WITH VERY LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE.
DAMAGING WINDS MAY ALSO DEVELOP AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
POSSIBLE. THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF
TONIGHT.

FLOODING...
THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EARLY
THIS EVENING AND INCREASE DURING TONIGHT MAY CAUSE HEAVY RAIN.
LOCAL FLOODING WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF REPEAT EPISODES OF HEAVY RAIN
MOVE OVER AN AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER FROM FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO
NORTHWEST IOWA THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL STILL BE
POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 WITH HEAVY RAINS THE MAIN THREAT
TO THE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...MAINLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING FROM THE WEST MAY BRING A
CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OR HEAVY RAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 5 PM TODAY.

&&

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

WILLIAMS

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 3:44 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
444 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

0436 PM     HAIL             3 N HOLSTEIN            42.53N 95.54W
05/21/2004  0.75 INCH        IDA                IA   PUBLIC

&&

JC

Local storm report, May 21, 4:06 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
506 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

0450 PM     HAIL             AURELIA                 42.71N 95.44W
05/21/2004  1.00 INCH        CHEROKEE           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JC

Local storm report, May 21, 4:08 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
508 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

0457 PM     HAIL             1 N SUTHERLAND          42.99N 95.50W
05/21/2004  1.75 INCH        OBRIEN            IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

0455 PM     HAIL             DICKENS                 43.13N 95.02W
05/21/2004  0.75 INCH        CLAY               IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JC

Local storm report, May 21, 4:18 PM CST, 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
518 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

0517 PM     HAIL             1 SE ROYAL              43.05N 95.27W
05/21/2004  1.75 INCH        CLAY               IA   PUBLIC

&&

JC

Local storm report, May 21, 4:19 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
519 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

0519 PM     HAIL             2 E ROYAL               43.06N 95.24W
05/21/2004  2.75 INCH        CLAY               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JC

Local storm report, May 21, 4:22 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
522 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

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

0519 PM     HAIL             5 S SPENCER             43.07N 95.15W
05/21/2004  4.25 INCH        CLAY               IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

JC

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Buena Vista

When: May 21, 4:27 PM CST
Where: Buena Vista County, 7 mi SW of Linn Grove
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.817, -95.350

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

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: 5403140.