South Dakota, 2002

Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 2002

May 7, 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
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 May 7, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 2:20 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
320 PM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002

LOW LVL LIFTING BOUNDARY SOUTH OF CWA...BUT STG MID LVL BOUNDARY
LIFTING WELL NORTH INTO CWA TNGT...WITH ABUNDANT GULF MOISTURE ON
NOCTURNAL JET. THUS SEE NOT ONLY CHC SVR TSTMS FAR SERN CWA NEAR
GOOD LOW LVL INSTABILITY...BUT CHC ELEVATED SVR FURTHER N IN CWA
DURG NGT. AS MID SHIFT MENTIONED...AVN MODEL THE BEST WITH NO
WIERD SOUTH/NORTH...DRY/WET BIASES. UNSURE HOW FAR WARM SECTOR WILL
GET INTO NWRN IA WED...SO WILL COMPROMISE BTWN WARM/COOL FWC/MAV.
ALSO DRY SLOT INTO SRN CWA FOR WED AFTN AND EVE...WITH COOL WINDY
WRAPAROUND CLDS/SCT LGT PRECIP FOR MAINLY NRN CWA LATE WED INTO THU.
NOT MUCH TIME FOR DISC ATTM WITH NEW WATCH IN SRN CWA...BUT NEXT
MAIN CHC...WILL GO LKLY...WILL BE SAT...BUT BASICALLY DRY
THEREAFTER. MRF SHOWS PSBLY SOMETHING TUE...BUT OTHER/NEW MODELS
SLOWER AND WEAKER. OVERALL WARMING TREND FRI THRU TUE.

.FSD...NONE.
RYRHOLM

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 7, 2:43 PM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
343 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0340 PM    GREGORY                   SD   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   GREGORY                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, May 7, 3:26 PM CST, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
426 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0415 PM    7 NW PLATTE               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   CHARLES MIX                    EVENT DURATION 5
                                          MINUTES. REPORTED BY
                                          STORM SPOTTER.
Local storm report, May 7, 3:51 PM CST, 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
451 PM CDT TUE MAY 07 2002

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

0440 PM    6 SSE WHITE LAKE          SD   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   AURORA                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0445 PM    6 SSE WHITE LAKE          SD   .75 INCH HAIL
05/07/02   AURORA                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:08 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Davison

When
May 7, 4:10 PM CST
Where
Davison County, 7 mi NW of Mt Vernon
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.783, -98.350

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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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: 5293833.