Hail in Ida County, Iowa

Hail August 15, 2025 · Ida County, Iowa

0.88 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

A cluster of thunderstorms developed across northwest Iowa within a focused warm advection zone. Storms used around 1500 J/kg MUCAPE and 40 knots of deep-layer shear to organize into small clusters. The strongest storms on the south side of the cluster closer to U.S. Highway 20 produced up to ping-pong ball size hail.

Began near Galva (42.5022, -95.4279).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1290558. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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