South Dakota, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 9 to 10, 2001

June 9 to 10, 2001 · NWS ABR · 55 events in 20 counties and zones

28 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
55

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 9, 2:10 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:10 PM CST, 5 hours 35 minutes before
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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 UTC.

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Event by event

28 hail, 26 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Jones

When
June 9, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Jones County, Capa
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.117, -100.983

Thunderstorm Wind, Stanley

When
June 9, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Stanley County, 6 mi E of Hayes
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.367, -100.900

Hail, McPherson

When
June 9, 8:05 PM CST
Where
McPherson County, 11 mi N of Leola
Measured
2.5 in hail
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
45.883, -98.950

Golfball to tennis ball size hail broke many windows out of several buildings along with severely damaging the siding on the house. Also, the roofs were damaged with holes in the roof of the barn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stanley

When
June 9, 8:10 PM CST
Where
Stanley County, 20 mi SW of Ft Pierre
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.150, -100.650

Hail, McPherson

When
June 9, 8:15 PM CST
Where
McPherson County, 11 mi NE of Leola
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.833, -98.783

Hail, Corson

When
June 9, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Corson County, 15 mi NE of Mc Laughlin
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.967, -100.600

Hail, McPherson

When
June 9, 8:30 PM CST
Where
McPherson County, 17 mi NE of Leola
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.883, -98.700

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When
June 9, 8:30 PM CST
Where
Hughes County, Blunt
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.517, -99.983

Seventy mph winds brought down several trees and many tree branches in Blunt. Just west of Blunt, part of a barn and a shed were severely damaged.

Thunderstorm Wind, Stanley

When
June 9, 8:32 PM CST
Where
Stanley County, 9 mi SW of Ft Pierre
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.250, -100.500

Winds to 60 mph blew many shingles off of the house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When
June 9, 8:35 PM CST
Where
Hughes County, Pierre
Measured
60 kt (69 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
44.367, -100.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When
June 9, 8:45 PM CST
Where
Hughes County, 21 mi E of Pierre
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.367, -99.900

Winds to around 70 mph downed several trees and many tree branches.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lyman

When
June 9, 8:45 PM CST
Where
Lyman County, 5 mi SW of Kennebec
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
43.850, -99.933

Hail, Campbell

When
June 9, 8:52 PM CST
Where
Campbell County, Pollock
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.900, -100.283

Hail, Brown

When
June 9, 8:55 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Westport
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.650, -98.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo

When
June 9, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Buffalo County, 14 mi E of Ft Thompson
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.050, -99.150

Hail, Campbell

When
June 9, 9:05 PM CST
Where
Campbell County, Mound City
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.717, -100.067

Hail, Brown

When
June 9, 9:05 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 10 mi N of Aberdeen
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.617, -98.483

Hail, Brown

When
June 9, 9:08 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Columbia
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.617, -98.317

Hail, Day

When
June 9, 9:10 PM CST
Where
Day County, 2 mi N of Webster
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.367, -97.533

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When
June 9, 9:15 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Hecla
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.883, -98.150

Seventy mph winds brought down several large trees and many branches. Some power lines were also downed.

Hail, Brown

When
June 9, 9:18 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 1 mi NW of Aberdeen
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.483, -98.500

Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth

When
June 9, 9:20 PM CST
Where
Walworth County, Glenham
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.533, -100.267

Hail, Brown

When
June 9, 9:20 PM CST
Where
Brown County, Richmond
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.517, -98.633

Hail, Edmunds

When
June 9, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Edmunds County, Ipswich
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.450, -99.033

Thunderstorm Wind, Hand

When
June 9, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Hand County, 7 mi NE of Polo
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.850, -99.000

Hail, Hand

When
June 9, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Hand County, 1 mi S of Miller
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.500, -98.983

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When
June 9, 9:45 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 4 mi S of Ferney
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.283, -98.100

Hail, Brown

When
June 9, 9:45 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 4 mi S of Ferney
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.283, -98.100

Hail, Hamlin

When
June 9, 10:02 PM CST
Where
Hamlin County, Bryant
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.583, -97.467

Hail, Day

When
June 9, 10:15 PM CST
Where
Day County, Waubay
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.333, -97.317

Hail, Day

When
June 9, 10:15 PM CST
Where
Day County, Bristol
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.350, -97.767

Hail, Day

When
June 9, 10:15 PM CST
Where
Day County, Webster
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
45.333, -97.533

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When
June 9, 10:25 PM CST
Where
Faulk County, Wecota
Measured
81 kt (93 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
45.167, -99.117

Winds measured over 90 mph destroyed two 9000 bushel grain bins and severely damaged four other grain bins in Wecota. Many trees and branches were also downed in Wecota and the surrounding area. A center pivot irrigation system was also destroyed near Wecota.

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When
June 9, 10:30 PM CST
Where
Faulk County, Miranda
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.967, -98.967

Seventy mph winds brought down several large trees and many branches.

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When
June 9, 10:30 PM CST
Where
Faulk County, 5 mi E of Faulkton
Measured
70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.033, -99.033

On two different farms about five miles east of Faulkton, winds to 80 mph uprooted many trees, destroyed three steel grain bins, destroyed the roof on an historic barn, and the doors were blown off of several farm buildings.

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When
June 9, 10:30 PM CST
Where
Faulk County, 8 mi W of Cresbard
Measured
65 kt (75 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.167, -99.133

Trees were snapped off from the very high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Codington

When
June 9, 10:35 PM CST
Where
Codington County, Florence
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
45.050, -97.317

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When
June 9, 10:35 PM CST
Where
Faulk County, 7 mi SE of Faulkton
Measured
59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.967, -99.033

Winds to nearly 70 mph blew shingles off of the house, damaged a barn, and brought a few trees and many branches down.

Hail, Hamlin

When
June 9, 10:45 PM CST
Where
Hamlin County, Bryant
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
44.583, -97.467

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When
June 9, 10:45 PM CST
Where
Grant County, 2 mi SE of Milbank
Measured
63 kt (72 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
45.200, -96.600

Hail, Spink

When
June 9, 10:45 PM CST
Where
Spink County, Turton
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.050, -98.100

Hail, Clark

When
June 9, 10:55 PM CST
Where
Clark County, 5 mi S of Garden City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
44.883, -97.567

Thunderstorm Wind, Codington

When
June 9, 10:59 PM CST
Where
Codington County, Watertown
Measured
51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
44.900, -97.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When
June 9, 11:00 PM CST
Where
Grant County, 2 mi SE of Stockholm
Measured
71 kt (82 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
45.083, -96.783

Eighty mph winds leveled a wooden dairy barn, silo, a feed shed, and a steel grain bin, along with downing several trees.

Hail, Codington

When
June 9, 11:02 PM CST
Where
Codington County, Watertown
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.900, -97.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Grant

When
June 9, 11:03 PM CST
Where
Grant County, 1 mi S of Stockholm
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.083, -96.817

Hail, Hamlin

When
June 9, 11:10 PM CST
Where
Hamlin County, 5 mi W of Hazel
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.750, -97.467

Thunderstorm Wind, Deuel

When
June 9, 11:15 PM CST
Where
Deuel County, Astoria
Measured
61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
44.550, -96.533

In Astoria, high winds blew down many trees and branches and destroyed the fertilizer building by the elevator.

Hail, Deuel

When
June 9, 11:15 PM CST
Where
Deuel County, 8 mi W of Clear Lake
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.750, -96.850

Thunderstorm Wind, Deuel

When
June 9, 11:15 PM CST
Where
Deuel County, Clear Lake
Measured
70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
44.750, -96.683

Many trees were downed in and around Clear Lake by 80 mph winds. At a farm just to the northeast of Clear Lake, a 220 foot milking barn was destroyed, half of another barn was destroyed, and several pieces of machinery were damaged. Also, a silo toppled over and killed two horses. At another farm northeast of Clear Lake, part of a machine shed roof was torn off, an irrigation unit was tipped over and severely damaged, and trees were uprooted. Just to the northwest of Clear Lake, high winds and hail broke windows out of a home and severely damaged the siding. In Clear Lake, several buildings and some semi trailers were damaged at a business by the high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hamlin

When
June 9, 11:29 PM CST
Where
Hamlin County, Estelline
Measured
70 kt (81 mph)
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
44.567, -96.883

Winds to 80 mph brought down nearly 200 trees in and around Estelline. Power lines were also brought down, two grain bins were destroyed, and there was some damage to structures and roofs.

Hail, Clark

When
June 9, 11:30 PM CST
Where
Clark County, 1 mi W of Vienna
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.700, -97.500

Hail, Grant

When
June 9, 11:30 PM CST
Where
Grant County, 1 mi S of Stockholm
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.083, -96.817

Lightning, Codington

When
June 9, 11:30 PM CST
Where
Codington County, Watertown
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
44.978, -97.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A lightning strike splintered the base of a large maple tree in Watertown and downed a large tree branch. Pieces of wood damaged the sun room of a house and broke out several windows in some surrounding homes. The lightning strike also caused some water breaks and basement flooding in one home.

Hail, Deuel

When
June 10, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Deuel County, Clear Lake
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.750, -96.683

What these are

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.
Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254992, 5254923, 5255071, 5254993, 5255064, 5254994, 5254996, 5255069, 5255067, 5254913, 5254924, 5254995, 5254914, 5254977, 5254997, 5254915, 5254978, 5254916, 5255065, 5254988, 5254917, 5254918, 5254979, 5254919, 5254998, 5255068, 5254999, 5255000, 5254980, 5254920, 5254921, 5254922, 5255070, 5254989, 5254990, 5255066, 5254981, 5254991, 5255001, 5255003, and more.