Hail, Lake
- When
- June 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, 3 mi E of Rutland
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.083, -96.900
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 15, 2001
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:25 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 325 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001 SCT ACTVTY WHICH HAS SPRD INTO WRN PART OF FCST AREA SHUD CONT TO SPRD EWD OVER FCST AREA BEFORE ACTVTY DCRSES AND ENDS LATR THIS EVE. DUE TO SCT NATURE OF ACTVTY AND MRGNL NATURE OF SVR THREAT WILL NOT MENTN SVR IN ZNS. BRF DIME HAIL RPRT OR TWO PSBL SOMEWHERE IN FCST AREA. SHUD GO MOCLR TLATR TNGT AND BE MOSUNNY FOR SAT WITH INSTBLTY GREATLY WANED. PATTRN STARTS TO SET UP FOR CLASSIC WRLY FLOW ALF/ERLY OR SERLY LO LVL FLOW TSTMS SAT NGT. WILL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW AND PUT IN FOR SUN MAINLY FOR CONTINUITY FROM ERYR EXTNDED...BUT THIS ACTVTY SHUD TEND TO BE NOCTURNAL FOR A CPL DAYS. EXTNDED CONTS TO LOOK LIKE SHWRS/TSTMS CHC THRU WED THEN DRY THU AND FRI. TEMPS WILL NEVER GET OO HOT BEFORE COOLNG AGN TUE. IN MEANTIME GUIDNCE NOT BAD...WILL GO A LTL COOLR ON LOWS. .FSD...NONEh WILLIAMS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 1:51 PM CST, 3 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
251 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM LAKE PRESTON SD WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 KINGSBURY TREES TWO FEET IN
DIAMETER DOWN. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
0700 PM LARCHWOOD IA .75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 LYON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0820 PM 3 W SHELDON IA 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/13/01 SIOUX REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0835 PM 2 W SALIX IA WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 WOODBURY UP TO 2 TREE LIMBS
DOWN. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0838 PM 3 ESE SHELDON IA WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 OBRIEN REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
TREES UP TO THREE FEET
IN DIAMETER DOWN.
0915 PM 5 E MELVIN IA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/01 OSCEOLA REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
1000 PM 3 S OCHEYEDAN IA WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 OSCEOLA TREES UP TO TWO FEET IN
DIAMETER DOWN. REPORTED
BY PUBLIC.
1000 PM WINDOM MN WIND DAMAGE
06/13/01 COTTONWOOD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
SEVERE HIGH WIND DAMAGE
TO LUMBER YARD SOUTH
WALL DOWN AND ROOF
PARTLY DESTROYED.
1130 PM 2 S STORM LAKE IA 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/01 BUENA VISTA EVENT DURATION 30
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:06 PM CST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
506 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 6 E YALE SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 BEADLE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:11 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
511 PM CDT FRI JUN 15 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COU NTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 2 S OSCEOLA SD 1 INCH HAIL
06/15/01 KINGSBURY REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- June 15, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, 3 mi E of Rutland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.083, -96.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 15, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 15, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 15, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 15, 2001
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2001
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: 5252451, 5252452.