South Dakota, 2005

Hail in South Dakota, July 5 to 6, 2005

July 5 to 6, 2005 · NWS FSD · 4 events in 1 county or zone

4 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • 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
4

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 Jul 5, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 8:00 PM CST, 3 hours 55 minutes before
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The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 70 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:54 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clay

When
July 5, 11:55 PM CST
Where
Clay County, Wakonda
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.017, -97.100

Hail, Clay

When
July 5, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Clay County, Wakonda
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
43.017, -97.100

Hail, Clay

When
July 6, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Clay County, Wakonda
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.017, -97.100

Hail, Clay

When
July 6, 12:18 AM CST to 12:22 AM CST
Where
Clay County, 7 mi SE of Wakonda
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.950, -97.000

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5465278, 5465279, 5465280, 5465281.