1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 15, 1:05 PM CST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 205 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 .DISCUSSION... CONVECTIVE OUTBREAK EXPECTED FOR TODAY HAMPERED BY OVERNIGHT MCS IN NE/KS. THIS HAS EATEN AWAY OUR DEEP MOISTURE...BUT THIS MOISTURE IS SLOWLY RETURNING TO THE REGION. MAIN FEATURES TO WATCH FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE...TAIL END OF NORTHERN STREAM WAVE/INSTABILITY MOVING INTO WESTERN MN...MESOLOW IN CENTRAL SD THAT HAS DEVELOPED ON COLD FRONT WITH DECENT MOISTURE POOLING AND DECENT SHEAR...THEN MAIN WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE NORTHERN ROCKIES WHICH WILL LIKELY SPAWN AN MCS OVER NORTHEAST CO...WHICH WILL TRANSLATE EAST AND NORTHEAST ALONG LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY. MAIN CONCERN EARLY ON WILL BE SEVERE THREAT WITH MESOLOW/COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE JAMES VALLEY. ENOUGH SHEAR WITH MODERATE MOISTURE TO SUPPORT SOME ORGANIZATION...WHICH COULD ALLOW A LINEAR THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX TO DEVELOP...DRIVING THE FRONT SOUTH THIS EVENING. MCS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST WOULD LIKELY THEN MOVE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY...BRINGING THUNDERSTORMS WITH POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHERN CWA. WILL GO LIKELY OVER SOUTHERN CWA FOR LATER MCS...AND PROBABLY SCATTERED FOR THUNDERSTORMS THAT COULD DEVELOP ON INCOMING COLD FRONT. TEMPERATURES THE NEXT FEW DAYS SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO CURRENT FORECAST AND DO NOT PLAN ON ANY BIG CHANGES. IN THE LATTER PERIODS...WILL CONTINUE POPS ON FRIDAY NIGHT...AND ADD INTO SATURDAY. LONG RANGE MODELS NOW SUGGESTING NORTHWEST FLOW WILL BE A LITTLE MORE WESTERLY...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES A LITTLE CLOSER TO NORMAL...BUT MAY ALSO SUGGEST CONTINUING A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN. CURRENTLY GOING DRY SUN-TUE...BUT THIS MAY NEED TO BE CHANGED A LATER DATE. && .FSD...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. NE...NONE. && 08
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1131 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-161200- 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- 1131 AM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA...LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS TO THE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST IOWA MIDDAY...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 5 PM ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. STORMS WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AS THEY SPREAD TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST DURING THE EARLY EVENING...AND CONTINUE SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE LARGEST THREAT WITH STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. SOME LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH INITIAL STORMS OVER SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AND INTO THE NIGHT ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH A DECREASING THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL ACROSS SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON WEDNESDAY MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM WINDOM TO WINNER. THE GREATEST THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE SOME TRAINING OF STORMS AND SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SPENCER TO YANKTON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 5 PM CDT WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER...AROUND 700 PM ALONG THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR...AND 900 PM FROM WINDOM TO STORM LAKE. && FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
433 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM HAIL 7 NNW YALE 44.53N 98.04W
06/15/2004 0.88 INCH BEADLE SD PUBLIC
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PSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
517 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0445 PM HAIL 5 NE BANCROFT 44.54N 97.68W
06/15/2004 0.75 INCH KINGSBURY SD PUBLIC
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JRMThe Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including numerous branches down.
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Every storm in South Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2004
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: 5409827.