South Dakota, 2004

Hail in South Dakota, July 3, 2004

July 3, 2004 · NWS FSD · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 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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  • 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
2

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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:26 PM CST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
826 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

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

0823 PM     HAIL             NW PARKSTON             43.39N 97.99W
07/03/2004  0.88 INCH        HUTCHINSON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:33 PM CST, 23 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:41 PM CST, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
841 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

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

0708 PM     HAIL             11 S FEDORA             43.85N 97.79W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        MINER              SD   PUBLIC

0739 PM     HAIL             7 N FULTON              43.83N 97.82W
07/03/2004  1.00 INCH        HANSON             SD   PUBLIC

0758 PM     HAIL             1 E FULTON              43.73N 97.80W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        HANSON             SD   PUBLIC

0758 PM     HAIL             1 E FULTON              43.73N 97.80W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        HANSON             SD   AMATEUR RADIO

0756 PM     HAIL             1 W DIMOCK              43.48N 98.01W
07/03/2004  1.75 INCH        HUTCHINSON         SD   PUBLIC

&&

DPM
Local storm report, Jul 3, 7:55 PM CST, 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
855 PM CDT SAT JUL 03 2004

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

0755 PM     HAIL             4 W CANOVA              43.88N 97.58W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        MINER              SD   PUBLIC

0756 PM     HAIL             1 W DIMOCK              43.48N 98.01W
07/03/2004  1.75 INCH        HUTCHINSON         SD   PUBLIC

0758 PM     HAIL             1 E FULTON              43.73N 97.80W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        HANSON             SD   PUBLIC

0758 PM     HAIL             1 E FULTON              43.73N 97.80W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        HANSON             SD   AMATEUR RADIO

0818 PM     HAIL             6 N COLMAN              44.07N 96.82W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        MOODY              SD   PUBLIC

0823 PM     HAIL             PARKSTON                43.39N 97.99W
07/03/2004  0.88 INCH        HUTCHINSON         SD   PUBLIC

0823 PM     HAIL             NW PARKSTON             43.39N 97.99W
07/03/2004  0.88 INCH        HUTCHINSON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0825 PM     HAIL             3 NW EMERY              43.63N 97.66W
07/03/2004  0.75 INCH        HANSON             SD   PUBLIC

&&

DPM

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:55 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lake

When
July 3, 7:56 PM CST
Where
Lake County, 2 mi S of Winfred
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
43.967, -97.367

Hail, Lake

When
July 3, 8:01 PM CST
Where
Lake County, 2 mi S of Winfred
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
43.967, -97.367

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

More

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5415904, 5415905.