Hail — Plymouth, Iowa

2025-06-14 · near Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa

Event narrative

Significant damage occurred to campers at the Willow Creek Campground from wind-driven hail. Hail lasted for around 10 minutes.

Wider weather episode

Weak warm advection initiated isolated convection in a low-shear, high CAPE environment. Slow moving storms made the most of strong initial updrafts to produce hail up to half-dollar size, followed by damaging wind gusts later in storm evolution.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1278345. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.