South Dakota, 2001

Hail in South Dakota, July 16, 2001

July 16, 2001 · NWS ABR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 15, 7:40 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 7:40 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
840 PM CDT SUN JUL 15 2001

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY CLEARLY SHOWS NEXT MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE LOCATED
FROM EASTERN MT SOUTH INTO SW SD AND WESTERN NE. AHEAD OF THIS WAVE
CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED MAINLY ACROSS NW SD...BUT SOME ISOLATED
ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NOTED OVER PARTS OF WESTERN NE INTO SW SD. EVNG
UPPER AIR SHOWED A PWAT OF ABOUT 1.5 INCHES AT ABR WHILE EARLIER
GOES SOUNDINGS SHOWED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS CENTRAL SD. SOME DEW
POINT POOLING WAS NOTED EARLIER ACROSS FAR NORTHERN SD. STORMS
YESTERDAY AND LAST NIGHT PRODUCED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN...
ESTIMATED FROM WSR-88DS...ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SD AND ADDITIONAL
RAINS THIS EVNG HAVE LEAD TO SOME MINOR FLOODING IN CORSON COUNTY.
HIGH WBZ HEIGHTS AND LITTLE SHEAR HAS REDUCED LIKELIHOOD OF SEVERE
WEATHER WITH THESE STORMS...BUT HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE WITH ANY
STORMS THAT DEVELOP. AS THE SHORT WAVE MOVES INTO THE REGION WE
SHOULD SEE LOWER LVL FLOW BACK ENOUGH TO DRAW MORE LOW/MID LVL MSTR
INTO THE REGION...MAINLY THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

GIVEN PREVIOUS DAYS RAINS AND POSSIBILITY OF STORMS REDEVELOPING
ACROSS CENTRAL SD WILL MAINTAIN FFA THROUGH THE EARLY MRNG HOURS FOR
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL SD. WILL NEED TO UPDATE ZONES TO CHANGE
TIMING FOR EASTERN CONVECTION TONIGHT AS IT APPEARS I#T WILL BE LATER
AND WILL BACK OFF HEAVY RAIN WORDING EAST.

.ABR...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT ZONES 003>005...009...010...015>017
       ...033>037...045...048...051.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Corson

When
July 16, 12:55 AM CST
Where
Corson County, 1 mi S of Mc Laughlin
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.817, -100.817

Hail, Campbell

When
July 16, 1:38 AM CST
Where
Campbell County, Pollock
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.900, -100.283

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5261381, 5261382.