1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 17, 8:34 AM CST, 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 935 AM CST SUN JUN 17 2001 FIRST JET STREAK NOSING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL SD ATTM. CONVECTION HAS DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS JET STREAK WITH INITIAL DEVELOPMENT ALOFT. MSAS ANALYSIS SHOWS DEVELOPING WARM FRONTAL BOUNDARY STRETCHING WEST-EAST ALONG THE SD/NE BORDER. WINDS ARE STILL RELATIVELY WEAK IN THE LOW LEVELS...BUT AS NEXT...STRONGER...JET STREAK MOVES OUT OF WESTERN WY INTO THE REGION LATER TODAY LOW LEVEL WAA ADVECTION SHOULD INCREASE AND WARM FRONT PUSH NORTH. FORECAST SOUNDING SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN INSTABILITY AND CAPE TODAY REACHING AN LI OF AROUND -7 WITH CAPE APPROACHING 2800 J/KG BY LATE AFTERNOON. SHEAR PROFILE ALSO BECOMES MORE FAVORABLE FOR ROTATION THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE EVEOLVING INTO MORE OF A UNIDIRECTIONAL FLOW REGIME DURING THE EVENING. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR EARLIER ONSET OF TSTMS ACROSS THE EAST TODAY. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES AS WAA BEGINS IN EARNEST. .ABR...NONE. FAUCETTE
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:30 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Lightning struck the Tolstoy Wesleyan Church starting a fire in the attic. The fire spread and destroyed the church. Everyone in the church escaped without injury.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2001
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: 5255142.