Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2006

Name: Hail in Iowa, June 14, 2006
Start: 2006-06-14T09:54
End: 2006-06-14T10:02
Location: Iowa

June 14, 2006 · NWS ARX · 3 events in 1 county or zone

The public reported hail ranging in size from pennies to as large as ping pong balls.

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: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 ranging in size from pennies to as large as ping pong balls.

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 14, 1:50 AM CST, 8 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 1:50 AM CST, 8 hours 4 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
250 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

.SHORT TERM...TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT

PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY IN THE FORECAST THIS MORNING AS UPPER RIDGE
GETS ASSAULTED BY WEAK WAVES AND CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS...WITH A TREND
TO ZONAL FLOW LATER IN THE WEEK. FORECAST DILEMMAS INCLUDE RAIN
CHANCES...AND THE WARMING TREND TO TEMPERATURES.

07Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE FROM NEAR KSTL TO THE
DETROIT AREA. HIGH PRESSURE ALSO OVER SOUTHERN CANADA...WITH A WEAK
TROUGH RUNNING FROM NORTHERN WI TO SOUTHWEST MN...TO THE BLACK HILLS.
SATELLITE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING
NORTHEAST ACROSS WY...WHICH IS HELPING TO SPARK THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE DAKOTAS INTO SOUTHWEST MN WHERE THE LOW LEVEL JET IS IMPEDING
ON THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. FOG ENHANCEMENT IMAGERY SHOWS CASTELLANUS
IN A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST BAND FROM ND TO NORTHEAST IA/KDBQ AREA.
ALSO SOME MID CLOUD AND SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER NORTHEAST WI AS WEAK
WAVE PASSES INTO THE GREAT LAKES.

OVERALL FAVOR THE GFS MODEL THROUGH THE SHORT TERM...BUT NOT
COMPLETELY IGNORING INPUT FROM OTHER MODELS. CURRENT CONVECTION
SHOULD MAINTAIN INTO THE DAYLIGHT HOURS BEFORE TAPERING OFF WITH
DIURNAL LOSS OF LOW LEVEL TRANSPORT. STILL EXPECT CLOUD AND LINGERING
PRECIPITATION TO MAKE IT INTO THE FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING...WITH A
CHANCE FOR SCATTERED ACTIVITY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS WELL.  HAVE
KEPT POPS FOCUSED OVER THE SOUTHWEST ZONES.

KEEPING TONIGHT DRY FOR NOW...BUT WILL BEAR WATCHING.  STILL FEEL
THERE WILL BE A BAND OF CASTELLANUS RUNNING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
ACROSS THE AREA IN CONCERT WITH THE BAROCLINIC ZONE. COULD SEE SOME
LIGHT SHOWERS FALLING OUT OF THE MID-DECK...BUT WITH A LULL IN
OTHER FORCING WILL LEAVE IT OUT AT THIS TIME.

CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO FIRE TO OUR WEST HOWEVER...AND THESE
REMNANTS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON THURSDAY. HARD TO TELL JUST HOW
MUCH PRECIPITATION WILL SURVIVE INTO THE AREA...BUT CANNOT RULE IT
OUT.  WILL LEAVE LOW POPS IN THE FORECAST.

UPPER RIDGE AXIS SHIFTS EAST BY FRIDAY...ALLOWING MORE OF THE ENERGY
TO MAKE IT INTO THE AREA. MODEL TREND THE PAST FEW RUNS ACTUALLY HAS
MORE ENERGY REMAINING IN THE NORTHERN STREAM ZONAL FLOW BY FRIDAY AS
THE LONG WAVE SHIFTS INTO THE ROCKIES AND THEN TRIES TO CUT OFF.
PIECES OF ENERGY WILL BREAK OFF AND MOVE INTO THE AREA...SO WILL
HAVE TO CONTINUE WITH POPS. BEST SUPPORT LOOKS TO REMAIN WEST AND
NORTH...AND WILL ATTEMPT TO TAPER POPS IN THAT FASHION.

TEMPERATURES TO REALLY HEAT UP THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS THE RIDGE
SHIFTS OVERHEAD AND WARM/MOIST ADVECTION RAMPS UP.  WARM AND HUMID
WILL BE THE WORDS BY FRIDAY WITH HIGHS PUSHING 90.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MEDIUM RANGE LOOKING MESSY WITH ZONAL FLOW AND SEVERAL EMBEDDED
SHORT WAVE TROUGHS. WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES AT THIS POINT WITH
PLENTY OF UNCERTAINTY.

&&

.ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WI...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
&&

MW

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 4:10 AM CST, 5 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
510 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ086-087-094-095-WIZ054-055-061-151000-
ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-CRAWFORD-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-
GRANT-HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-RICHLAND-WINNESHIEK-
510 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST IOWA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...INTO FAR SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY
AS A WARMER AND GRADUALLY MORE HUMID AIRMASS MOVES INTO THE AREA.
WHILE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT CURRENTLY ANTICIPATED...A FEW OF THE
STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE FOR THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT...EXTENDING INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES VERY SLOWLY
THROUGH THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT...
WILL COME FRIDAY AND SUNDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. GIVEN WHAT WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AIRMASS...AND A
SLOWLY MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SEVERAL EPISODES OF HEAVY
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT TODAY SHOULD BE MONITORED. ANY SMALL HAIL
REPORTS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

MNZ079-088-096-WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053-151000-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-HOUSTON-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE-TAYLOR-
TREMPEALEAU-VERNON-WABASHA-WINONA-
510 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF FAR SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...INTO SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL BECOME MORE ACTIVE FOR THE UPPER
MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY BEGINNING THURSDAY NIGHT...EXTENDING INTO
EARLY NEXT WEEK...AS A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY MOVES VERY SLOWLY
THROUGH THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH A LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THREAT...
WILL COME FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. GIVEN WHAT WILL BE AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AIRMASS...AND A
SLOWLY MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY...SEVERAL EPISODES OF HEAVY
RAIN ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION...

NO CALL IS SCHEDULED.

BINAU

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:24 AM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
924 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

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

0850 AM     HAIL             4 N HAYFIELD            43.95N 92.85W
06/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       DODGE              MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

0913 AM     HAIL             2 S DODGE CENTER        44.00N 92.85W
06/14/2006  E0.50 INCH       DODGE              MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

SHEA

Local storm report, Jun 14, 9:47 AM CST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
1047 AM CDT WED JUN 14 2006

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

1028 AM     HAIL             5 E GRAND MEADOW        43.71N 92.47W
06/14/2006  E0.75 INCH       MOWER              MN   PUBLIC

            PENNY SIZE HAIL.

1035 AM     HAIL             SPRING VALLEY           43.69N 92.39W
06/14/2006  E0.88 INCH       FILLMORE           MN   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED BY SPRING VALLEY EOC.

&&

SHEA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:55 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Mitchell

When: June 14, 9:54 AM CST
Where: Mitchell County, St Ansgar
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.383, -92.933

Hail, Mitchell

When: June 14, 9:56 AM CST
Where: Mitchell County, St Ansgar
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.383, -92.933

Hail, Mitchell

When: June 14, 10:02 AM CST
Where: Mitchell County, 1 mi NW of Mitchell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.333, -92.900

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 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, June 2006

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: 5506161, 5506162, 5506160.