Hail, Plymouth
- When
- August 3, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Plymouth County, 5 mi SE of Hinton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -96.233
Hail in Iowa, August 3, 2005
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.
- 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
- 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 Aug 3, 1:50 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 1:50 PM CST, 7 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 250 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FCST PBLM WL BE WHEN TRW WL DEVELOP ACRS CWA TONIGHT. ATTM...MID LEVEL CAP IN PLACE WHILE CDFNT IS MOVG THRU SRN CWA. CAP IS NOT EXPECTED TO BREAK UNTIL THIS EVE WITH APPROACH OF S/W. CAP SHUD BREAK FIRST ACRS WRN CWA AND COOLING WL SPREAD E DURING NITE. TRW OVR WRN SD ASSOCD WITH THIS S/W SHUD CONT TO DEVELOP AS IT MOVES EWD. NEXT QUESTION WL BE SVR WX THREAT. SINCE COOLER AIR ALOFT LAGS WELL BEHIND FNT...AND LOW LEVELS BECOME MORE STABLE WITH INFLUX OF COOLER AIR IN THE LOW LEVELS WITH TIME...THREAT OF SVR WX MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED. CUD SEE SVR STORMS OVR WRN CWA THIS EVE...BUT AS NIGHT PROGRESSES MAY JUST TURN INTO RAIN EVENT...AS GUSTY WINDS ASSOCD WITH STORMS MAY HAVE A HARD TIME REACHING SFC. STILL WITH COLDER AIR ALOFT CUD SEE DECENT HAIL WITH SOME OF THE STORMS AS SHEAR STILL FAIRLY GOOD. LINGERING PRECIP OVR SERN CWA THU MORN...BUT CWA SHUD CLEAR OUT NICELY WITH COOLER TEMPS AND DRIER AIR EXPECTED. SHUD REAMIN MILD ON FRI WITH DRY AIR IN PLACE AND PLENTY OF SUNSHINE. WL WARM UP AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS OVR NRN ROCKIES...BUT WL NOT BE AS HUMID AS IT HAS BEEN. HUMIDITY SHUD RETURN NICELY BY MON AS RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EWD INTO PLAINS ALLOWING BEETER LLM TO RETURN. WL ALSO BE HOT AGAIN MON INTO WED...WITH CDFNT MOVING THRU WED. WL KEEP DRY FRI THRU TUES...WITH A CHC OF TRW ON WED. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 9:54 AM CST, 11 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1054 AM CDT WED AUG 03 2005 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-041200- 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- 1054 AM CDT WED AUG 03 2005 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM TYNDALL TO SIOUX FALLS TO JACKSON MN LATE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE WIND GUST OF 60 MPH AND HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE WEST OF INTERSTATE 29 AFTER 4 PM. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AFTER 6 PM. && 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, Aug 3, 8:51 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
951 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0948 PM HAIL JEFFERSON 42.60N 96.56W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH UNION SD TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WINDS ALSO REPORTED.
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 9:00 PM CST, 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1000 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 PM HAIL 3 W HINTON 42.62N 96.35W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH PLYMOUTH IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJSpecial weather statement, Aug 3, 9:00 PM CST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1000 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 SDZ070-071-040330- CLAY-UNION- 1000 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 699 HAS EXPIRED... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS DECREASED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS COULD STILL BECOME SEVERE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. IAZ001-MNZ071-072-080-089-097-098-040330- LINCOLN MN-LYON IA-LYON MN-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-PIPESTONE MN-ROCK MN- 1000 PM CDT WED AUG 3 2005 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH NUMBER 701 CANCELLED FOR PARTS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST IOWA... THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED WEST OF A MARSHALL MINNESOTA TO ROCK RAPIDS IOWA LINE.
Local storm report, Aug 3, 9:08 PM CST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1008 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM HAIL 8 SW HUBBARD 42.30N 96.70W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH DAKOTA NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 9:09 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1009 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1005 PM HAIL 5 ENE SIOUX CITY 42.53N 96.30W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH WOODBURY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJLocal storm report, Aug 3, 9:10 PM CST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1010 PM CDT WED AUG 03 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM HAIL 13 W WESSINGTON SPRINGS 44.08N 98.83W
08/03/2005 1.75 INCH JERAULD SD PUBLIC
0515 PM HAIL WESSINGTON SPRINGS 44.08N 98.57W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH JERAULD SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0530 PM HAIL WESSINGTON SPRINGS 44.08N 98.57W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH JERAULD SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0531 PM HAIL MOUNT VERNON 43.71N 98.26W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH DAVISON SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0538 PM HAIL MOUNT VERNON 43.71N 98.26W
08/03/2005 1.75 INCH DAVISON SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0542 PM HAIL WOONSOCKET 44.05N 98.27W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH SANBORN SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0545 PM HAIL WOONSOCKET 44.05N 98.27W
08/03/2005 1.50 INCH SANBORN SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0558 PM HAIL 1 NW MITCHELL 43.74N 98.05W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0601 PM HAIL MITCHELL 43.73N 98.03W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0623 PM HAIL 6 WSW FULTON 43.69N 97.93W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH HANSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0630 PM HAIL 9 SE IROQUOIS 44.27N 97.72W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH KINGSBURY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0630 PM HAIL 5 S MITCHELL 43.66N 98.03W
08/03/2005 1.75 INCH DAVISON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0647 PM HAIL 6 WSW FULTON 43.69N 97.93W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH HANSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0654 PM HAIL ALEXANDRIA 43.65N 97.78W
08/03/2005 1.75 INCH HANSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
WINDOWS BROKEN BY HAIL.
0657 PM HAIL PARKSTON 43.39N 97.99W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH HUTCHINSON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0704 PM HAIL 2 W EMERY 43.60N 97.66W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH HANSON SD EMERGENCY MNGR
0722 PM HAIL 1 E SALEM 43.72N 97.37W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH MCCOOK SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0730 PM HAIL WENTWORTH 44.00N 96.96W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH LAKE SD PUBLIC
0759 PM HAIL 4 SSW TRENT 43.85N 96.69W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH MOODY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0803 PM HAIL SSW TRENT 43.91N 96.66W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH MOODY SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0825 PM TSTM WND GST 1 E PIPESTONE 44.00N 96.29W
08/03/2005 65 MPH PIPESTONE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
2 TREES DOWN.
0825 PM HAIL 4 NE HARDWICK 43.82N 96.14W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH ROCK MN TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WINDS.
0837 PM HAIL VIBORG 43.17N 97.08W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH TURNER SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL
0846 PM TSTM WND GST 3 SW IONA 43.88N 95.83W
08/03/2005 60 MPH MURRAY MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0848 PM HAIL 5 E MARSHALL 44.45N 95.69W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH LYON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0854 PM TSTM WND GST SLAYTON 43.99N 95.75W
08/03/2005 60 MPH MURRAY MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
0910 PM TSTM WND DMG WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
08/03/2005 COTTONWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN IN WESTBROOK.
0914 PM TSTM WND GST WESTBROOK 44.04N 95.43W
08/03/2005 60 MPH COTTONWOOD MN TRAINED SPOTTER
0942 PM HAIL 6 S CONCORD 42.30N 96.99W
08/03/2005 1.75 INCH DIXON NE PUBLIC
0948 PM HAIL JEFFERSON 42.60N 96.56W
08/03/2005 1.00 INCH UNION SD TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WINDS ALSO REPORTED.
0959 PM HAIL 3 W HINTON 42.62N 96.35W
08/03/2005 0.88 INCH PLYMOUTH IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1005 PM HAIL 8 SW HUBBARD 42.30N 96.70W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH DAKOTA NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
1005 PM HAIL 5 ENE SIOUX CITY 42.53N 96.30W
08/03/2005 0.75 INCH WOODBURY IA TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CJThe radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 119 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:07 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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 and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 3, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 3, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 3, 2005
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 3, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 3 to 4, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 3 to 4, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 3, 2005
- Flash Flooding in South Dakota, August 3, 2005
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, August 3, 2005
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, August 2005
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: 5471357.