Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 29, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 29, 2001
Start: 2001-06-29T15:25
End: 2001-06-29T18:40
Location: South Dakota

June 29, 2001 · NWS ABR · 11 events in 6 counties and zones

10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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: 11

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 Jun 29, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
300 PM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

THE NEW ETA PACKAGE HAS COME MORE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE AVN THIS
AFTERNOON BUT STILL IS A LITTLE FASTER IN DAY THREE. THEREFORE...
TOOK A BLEND OF THE ETA AND AVN FOR THE FORECAST BUT LEAN MORE
TOWARD THE AVN ON DAY THREE. A COLD FRONT WILL BE DROPPING THROUGH
THE REGION TONIGHT AND SATURDAY AS A CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURES SYSTEM
SLIDES SOUTHEAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION BY SUNDAY. THIS WILL
ALLOW A SHORT WAVE MOVE INTO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS EVENING AND
WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY MORNING.  AND ANOTHER WEAK
DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE CWA SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOLLOW BY
STILL ANOTHER ON SUNDAY. THESE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE OF
PRECIP TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. THE CONDITIONS OF THE AIRMASS WILL
BE MORE STABLE BY SUNDAY AND PRECIP SHOULD BE MORE RAIN OR SHOWERS
THAN THUNDERSTORMS. COOLER TEMPS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS OVER THE NEXT TWO DAYS.
.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
AFTER THE FIRST PART OF THE EXTENDED...A QUIET AND COOLER WEATHER
PATTERN APPEARS TO BE SETTING UP. ON MONDAY...SFC LOW FORMS WRN
NEBRASKA WITH WARM FRONT DRAPED EAST ACROSS SRN SOUTH DAKOTA. AVN A
BIT FURTHER NORTH WITH LOCATION OF FRONT...WITH MRF..CANADIAN AND
ECMWF CLOSER TO NEB BORDER. EITHER WAY...APPEARS THAT DECENT
OVERRUNNING SCENARIO WILL BE SETTING UP. LOW AND FRONT MOVE TO THE
SOUTH DURING DAY...WITH RAIN ENDING BY MONDAY EVENING. ALTO THERE
MAY BE SOME TSRA EMBEDDED IN PCPN...ESP IN THE KPIR AREA CLOSER TO
THE FRONT. WILL MENTION TSRA FOR KPIR AND SHRA FOR REMAINDER OF
AREAS. HIGH MOVES IN AFTER FRONT...BUT IT MOVES QUICKLY SE ON
TUESDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH NE ASSOC WITH DEEPENING
HUDSON BAY LOW. AVN AND CANADIAN AGREE ON LITTLE BIT OF QPF WITH
FEATURE ACROSS NE...AND WITH COOLISH 7H AND 8H TEMPS EXPECTED...SO
NO REASON TO DOUBT. ESPECIALLY IF MORNING STARTS OFF SUNNY AND WE
GET SOME DAYTIME HEATING TO WORK WITH. WILL LEAVE WRN CWA DRY ON
TUESDAY. FRONT MOVES QUICKLY THROUGH yWITH CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE
SETTLING IN FOR REMAINDER OF WEEK. TEMPS APPEAR TO BE AT OR SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL AFTER TUESDAY. GUIDANCE READINGS LOOK OK AND WILL GO
WITH.

.ABR...NONE.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:30 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1130 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

.VERY WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUE OVER THE STATE.
THE INSTABILITY AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL AIDE WITH THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-301700-
BIG STONE-BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-
DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-
MARSHALL-MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-
TRAVERSE-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING
THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BIG STONE CITY...BRITTON...CLARK...CLEAR
LAKE...ESTELLINE...EUREKA...FAULKTON...FORT PIERRE...FORT
THOMPSON...GETTYSBURG...GROTON...HIGHMORE...IPSWICH...LOWER
BRULE...MCLAUGHLIN...MILBANK...MILLER...MOBRIDGE...MURDO...ONIDA...OR
TONVILLE...PIERRE...PRESHO...REDFIELD...SELBY...SISSETON...WATERTOWN.
..WEBSTER AND WHEATON
1132 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.^ PRESENTLY IT
APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SALMONS

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 10:56 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1156 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

.A VERY WARM...HUMID AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS CONTINUES OVER THE STATE.
THE INSTABILITY AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL AIDE WITH THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY
BECOME SEVERE.

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-301655-
BIG
STONE-BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL-DEWEY-
EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-MARSHALL-
MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-TRAVERSE-WALWORTH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ABERDEEN...BIG STONE CITY...BRITTON...
CLARK...CLEAR LAKE...ESTELLINE...EUREKA...FAULKTON...FORT PIERRE...
FORT THOMPSON...GETTYSBURG...GROTON...HIGHMORE...IPSWICH...LOWER
BRULE...MCLAUGHLIN...MILBANK...MILLER...MOBRIDGE...MURDO...ONIDA...
ORTONVILLE...PIERRE...PRESHO...REDFIELD...SELBY...SISSETON...
WATERTOWN...WEBSTER AND WHEATON
1156 AM CDT FRI JUN 29 2001

...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE EARLY EVWENING HOURS. PRESENTLY IT
APPEARS THAT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

SALMONS

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Event by event

10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jones

When: June 29, 3:25 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 12 mi N of Draper
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.450, -99.883

Hail, Jones

When: June 29, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 1 mi NW of Draper
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.517, -99.200

Hail, Jones

When: June 29, 4:05 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 4 mi SE of Murdo
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.933, -100.550

Hail, Jones

When: June 29, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 5 mi SE of Murdo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.367, -100.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When: June 29, 4:10 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 5 mi SE of Murdo
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.800, -97.833

Hail, Hughes

When: June 29, 4:17 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, Pierre
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.567, -97.083

Hail, Hughes

When: June 29, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, 7 mi SE of Blunt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.450, -99.683

Hail, Clark

When: June 29, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Clark County, 8 mi SW of Clark
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.083, -100.533

Hail, Hyde

When: June 29, 6:05 PM CST
Where: Hyde County, 7 mi SW of Holabird
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.850, -100.667

Hail, Hand

When: June 29, 6:10 PM CST
Where: Hand County, Ree Hgts
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.833, -100.650

Hail, Hamlin

When: June 29, 6:40 PM CST
Where: Hamlin County, 8 mi SE of Hayti
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.833, -100.650

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5255156, 5255161, 5255157, 5255158, 5255159, 5255162, 5255160, 5253796, 5253797, 5253798, 5253799.