Minnesota, 2004

Hail in Minnesota, September 13, 2004

September 13, 2004 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
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  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • 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 Sep 13, 2:10 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 2:10 PM CST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
310 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

.DISCUSSION...
MAIN PBLM TONIGHT WL BE PRECIP COVERAGE. FNT JUST ENTERING WRN
CWA...AND ONLY MID LVEL PRECIP ONGOING. QUESTION IS IF SFC PRECIP WL
BEGIN TO DEVELOP. WL NEED TO DEVELOP BY 22Z IF ANYTHING WL BECOME
SVR ERN CWA. LOOKS IF TRW BECOME SFC BASED...GREATEST THREAT WL BE
ACRS NW IA AND SW MN. MODELS SOUNDINGS WUD INDICATE GREATEST THREAT
OF SVR WX WUD BE WNDS. CAN NOT RULE OUT A ISOLD TORNADO...BUT
CONDITIONS DO NOT FAVOR ANYTHING WIDESPREAD. ANY TORNADO THAT DOES
DEVELOP WUD BE NEAR THE UPDRAFT AND FROM IN THE LOWEST 3KM WHERE
THERE IS SHEAR.

IF SFC BASED TRW DOES NOT DEVELOP...THEN S/W WL PRODUCE RW-/TRW-
THAT WL REMAIN BLO SVR LIMITS. PRECIP SHUD PERSIST MOST OF NIGHT
ACRS SERN HALF OF CWA...WITH PRECIP ENDING NWRN CWA AROUND 05Z. WL
NOT CONT WND ADVY ACRS SW MN OR NW IA AS SFC GRAD WL DECREASE THIS
EVENING.

ON TUESDAY...FNT WL STALL ACRS FAR SERN CWA AND WL NEED TO KEEP CHC
OF TRW ACRS PORTIONS OF NW IA THRU THE DAY. ANOTHER S/W WL EJECT
NEWD INTO NRN PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT...BRINGING WITH IT ANOTHER CHC OF
RW/TRW. THIS ACTIVITY SHUD EXIT ERN CWA WED MORN. TEMPS BOTH TUE AND
WED WL BE AOB NORMAL DUE TO CLDS AND/OR PRECIP.

LOOKS LIKE BLOCKING PATTERN WL DEVELOP AS HURRICANE IVAN MOVE INTO
GULF. THIS WL FORCE ANY S/W N OF CWA...SO NOW THU INTO FRI LOOKS DRY
AND WARMER. WL DROP PRECIP AND BRING TEMPS BACK TO AOA NORM THU INTO
MON. CUD SEE A CHC OF TRW SUN AFTN AS MORE IMPRESSIVE UPPER TROF
BEGINS TO SHIFT EWD INTO PLAINS.

&&

.FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE
MN...NONE
IA...NONE
NE...NONE

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 12:15 PM CST, 7 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
115 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-141200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
145 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. STRONG SOUTH WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL BRING VERY
WARM...MOIST...AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON...MAINLY NEAR THE JAMES VALLEY...WILL INCREASE AND BECOME
STRONGER LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO
BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL AS THEY DEVELOP
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
NORTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL LIKELY END EARLY THIS EVENING FROM THE JAMES RIVER WEST.

WIND AND FOG...
A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG SOUTH WINDS OF 20 TO
40 MPH FOR MOST OF THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA...AND THE FAR EASTERN PART OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.
THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA BY
LATE AFTERNOON...AND OVER THE REST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG A LINGERING FRONT
FROM NEBRASKA THROUGH FAR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST
IOWA...AND FAR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP NEAR THIS SYSTEM LATE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHT...WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS NORTHWEST
IOWA...EXTREME SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
A FEW STORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM
SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA
AFTER
4 PM CDT...AND IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA AFTER 7
PM
CDT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

WILLIAMS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 5:26 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
626 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             5 E WAKONDA             43.01N 97.01W
09/13/2004  1.50 INCH        CLAY               SD   PUBLIC

&&

PS
Local storm report, Sep 13, 5:44 PM CST, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
644 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             5 NW BERESFORD          43.13N 96.85W
09/13/2004  1.50 INCH        LINCOLN            SD   PUBLIC

0626 PM     HAIL             2 N CENTERVILLE         43.15N 96.96W
09/13/2004  1.00 INCH        TURNER             SD   PUBLIC

&&

PS
Local storm report, Sep 13, 6:06 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
706 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0645 PM     HAIL             3 W LARCHWOOD           43.46N 96.50W
09/13/2004  1.00 INCH        LYON               IA   PUBLIC

&&

PS
Local storm report, Sep 13, 7:00 PM CST, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
800 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0721 PM     HAIL             SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
09/13/2004  1.00 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0723 PM     HAIL             SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
09/13/2004  0.75 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0725 PM     HAIL             SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
09/13/2004  0.88 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   NWS EMPLOYEE

0730 PM     HAIL             3 N BRANDON             43.63N 96.58W
09/13/2004  0.88 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   PUBLIC

&&

PS
Local storm report, Sep 13, 7:12 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
812 PM CDT MON SEP 13 2004

..TIME...   ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0615 PM     HAIL             5 E WAKONDA             43.01N 97.01W
09/13/2004  1.50 INCH        CLAY               SD   PUBLIC

0626 PM     HAIL             2 N CENTERVILLE         43.15N 96.96W
09/13/2004  1.00 INCH        TURNER             SD   PUBLIC

0630 PM     HAIL             5 NW BERESFORD          43.13N 96.85W
09/13/2004  1.50 INCH        LINCOLN            SD   PUBLIC

0645 PM     HAIL             3 W LARCHWOOD           43.46N 96.50W
09/13/2004  1.00 INCH        LYON               IA   PUBLIC

0721 PM     HAIL             SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
09/13/2004  1.00 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0723 PM     HAIL             SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
09/13/2004  0.75 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0725 PM     HAIL             SIOUX FALLS             43.54N 96.73W
09/13/2004  0.88 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   NWS EMPLOYEE

0730 PM     HAIL             3 N BRANDON             43.63N 96.58W
09/13/2004  0.88 INCH        MINNEHAHA          SD   PUBLIC

&&

PS

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:41 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lyon

When
September 13, 7:41 PM CST
Where
Lyon County, 6 mi NE of Marshall
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
44.517, -95.700

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: 5424513.