Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 2003
Start: 2003-07-08T11:00
End: 2003-07-08T23:22
Location: South Dakota

July 8, 2003 · NWS ABR · 8 events in 5 counties and zones

4 hail, 4 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 Jul 8, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 8:45 AM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:33 AM CST, 6 hours 27 minutes before

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-091030-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
533 AM CDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS
BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STATIONARY BOUNDARY OVER NEBRASKA WILL SLOWLY RETREAT TO THE
NORTH...APPROACHING THE PIERRE AREA TOWARD EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL
LOW WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ABOUT THE SAME TIME...SETTING THE
STAGE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...SOME OF WHICH MAY BECOME
SEVERE. THE PRIMARY AREA OF CONCERN WILL BE OVER COUNTIES ALONG THE
MISSOURI RIVER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT.

DORN

The radar

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Event by event

4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dewey

When: July 8, 11:00 AM CST
Where: Dewey County, 4 mi E of Eagle Butte
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 45.000, -101.150

Hail, Jones

When: July 8, 10:15 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 9 mi S of Capa
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.983, -100.983

Hail, Jones

When: July 8, 10:30 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 9 mi NW of Murdo
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.983, -100.850

Hail, Jones

When: July 8, 10:47 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 3 mi NE of Draper
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.950, -100.483

Thunderstorm Wind, Sully

When: July 8, 11:00 PM CST
Where: Sully County, 2 mi NE of Agar
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.850, -100.033

Sixty mph winds brought down a large evergreen tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Sully

When: July 8, 11:02 PM CST
Where: Sully County, 18 mi E of Onida
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.700, -99.700

High winds brought down many large tree branches.

Thunderstorm Wind, Lyman

When: July 8, 11:05 PM CST
Where: Lyman County, 8 mi NW of Presho
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 43.983, -100.167

Thunderstorm Wind, Hyde

When: July 8, 11:22 PM CST
Where: Hyde County, 20 mi NW of Highmore
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.717, -99.717

Sixty mph winds blew the doors off of a barn.

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 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 2003

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: 5378354, 5378355, 5378356, 5378357, 5378359, 5378360, 5378358, 5378361.