South Dakota, 2002

Hail in South Dakota, August 11, 2002

August 11, 2002 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 2:00 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
300 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

TRW ON NOSE OF MID LEVEL WAA WL CONT TO SPREAD ENE THIS MORN MAINLY
S OF I90. PRECIP SUD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY MID MORN WHICH IS TYPICAL
OF MID LEVEL WAA PRECIP FOR THE CWA. FEEL ETA HAS CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK THIS AFTN OVR SW MN WITH A BULLSEYE VORT MAX DEVELOPING. SO
WL DISREGARD. FEEL ACTIVITY WL SHIFT TO WRN CWA LATE AFTN AHEAD OF
APPROACHING CDFNT. DYNAMICS FAIRLY IMPRESSIVE AND WUD EXPECT TRW TO
CONT TO DEVELOP AND SPREAD E OVERNIGHT. WL MENTION CHC OF SVR MOS OF
CWA TONIGHT AND STORMS EVOLVE FOM INTIT HAILERS TO A MORE WIND
DRIVEN EVENT. PRECIP SHUD END ACRS ERN CWA MON MORN WITH COOLER AIR
AND GUSTY WNDS BEHIND FNT. TEMPS SUD FEEL MORE FALL LIKE INTO MID
WEEK. LATEST MRF BRING A GOOD WARMUP INTO CWA THU AND FRI AHEAD OF
NEXT FNT WL SWLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS IS ALSO MORE IN LINE WITH CANADIAN
SPECTRAL. HWVR...CANADIEN IS JUST A TAD COOLER. SO WL UP TEMPS A BIT
FOR FRI AHEAD OF FNT.

.FSD...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:26 AM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
326 AM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0200 AM    3 SW DANTE                SD   .88 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   CHARLES MIX                    REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:15 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Davison

When
August 11, 3:15 AM CST
Where
Davison County, 6 mi SW of Mitchell
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
43.650, -98.100

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5312618.