Hail, Walworth
- When
- June 6, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, Lowry
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.333, -99.967
Hail in South Dakota, June 6, 2001
1 hail, 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
- 1
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 6, 9:30 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 9:30 AM CST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1030 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001 QUICK LOOK AT 12Z ETA REVEALED IT APPEARED TO HAVE FAIR HANDLE ON SITUATION. WIDESPREAD ELEVATED RAIN/TSRA CONTINUES OVER NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. MORE SCATTERED ACTIVITY POPPING UP OVER CENTRAL PORTIONS OF STATE AS JET MAX/SW INTRUDE INTO THE AREA. BNDRY LAYER INSTABILITY STILL VERY MEAGER BUT DECENT SHEAR PROFILE HELPING THINGS OUT. BEST CHC OF SVR FOR MY CWA SHOULD BE FROM KPIR EAST TO KATY AS SFC LOW MOVES EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN SD. UPDATES ALREADY ISSUED. .ABR...NONE. TDK
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:38 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 2001
- Rip Current in Florida, June 6, 2001
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Georgia, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 6, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 6, 2001
- Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2001
- Tornado in South Dakota, June 6, 2001
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Virginia, June 6, 2001
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 6, 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: 5254912.