Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20 to 21, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 20 to 21, 2002
Start: 2002-06-20T23:35
End: 2002-06-21T03:15
Location: South Dakota

June 20 to 21, 2002 · NWS ABR · 8 events in 5 counties and zones

7 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: 8

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 20, 7:35 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:35 PM CST, 4 hours before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/N-EAST SD AND W-CENTRAL MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
835 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2002

ELEVATED CONVECTION HAS GENERALLY MOVED OUT OF THE CWA...ONLY A FEW
AREAS OF THE FAR NORTHEAST SEEING ANY ELEVATED ACTIVITY ATTM. NEXT
UPPER WAVE EJECTING OUT OF THE ROCKIES NOTED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY
IS COMBINING WITH LEE SIDE TROF OF WARM FRONT TO FIRE CONVECTION
EAST OF THE ROCKIES INTO WRN NE AND ERN WY. LATEST RUC SHOWS WARM
FRONT EDGING NORTH OVERNIGHT WITH SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED MID LVL
OMEGA DRIFTING INTO THE CENTRAL/NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. WOULD EXPECT ANY INITIAL CONVECTION THAT MOVES INTO
THE REGION LATE TONIGHT TO BEGIN AS ELEVATED ACTIVITY THEN BECOME
MORE SFC BASED AS WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH AND BETTER LOW LVL MSTR
RETURNS. SFC DEW POINTS TO THE SOUTH ALREADY IN THE 50S WITH LOWER
60S IN NRN NEBRASKA. EXPECT THESE DEW POINTS TO ADVECT NORTH LATER
TONIGHT. PRIOR TO THIS CLOUD COVER SHOULD KEEP TEMPS FROM FALLING
TOO MUCH. HAVE ALREADY UPDATED TO RAISE OVERNIGHT TEMPS SLIGHTLY.
WILL UPDATE AGAIN TO CLEAN UP PCPN WORDING AND REMOVE EARLY ACTIVITY
FROM MOST AREAS TO CONCENTRATE ONLY ON OVERNIGHT ACTIVITY.

.ABR...NONE.
FAUCETTE

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 214 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:32 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Lyman

When: June 20, 11:35 PM CST
Where: Lyman County, 6 mi NW of Presho
Measured: 2 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.967, -100.133

Hail, Hughes

When: June 20, 11:55 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, 21 mi SW of Harrold
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.300, -100.033

Hail, Stanley

When: June 21, 12:30 AM CST
Where: Stanley County, 3 mi SW of Ft Pierre
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.317, -100.417

Hail, Hughes

When: June 21, 1:00 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, Pierre
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.367, -100.333

Hail, Hughes

When: June 21, 2:00 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, 7 mi S of Harrold
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.417, -99.733

Hail, Hyde

When: June 21, 2:15 AM CST
Where: Hyde County, 8 mi W of Highmore
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.517, -99.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When: June 21, 2:20 AM CST
Where: Hughes County, Harrold
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.517, -99.733

Hail, Hand

When: June 21, 3:15 AM CST
Where: Hand County, 5 mi SW of Vayland
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.433, -98.850

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 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2002

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: 5305986, 5305987, 5305988, 5305989, 5305990, 5305991, 5305992, 5305993.