Hail in South Dakota, September 4, 2005

Name: Hail in South Dakota, September 4, 2005
Start: 2005-09-04T23:49
End: 2005-09-04T23:49
Location: South Dakota

September 4, 2005 · NWS ABR · 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.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 4, 11:13 PM CST, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 11:13 PM CST, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 5:00 AM CST, 18 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-051100-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SDZ033>035-045-048-051100-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-JONES-LYMAN-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005 /500 AM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX TODAY IS IN THE EXTREME CATEGORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER 5 PM CDT.

SDZ003-015-016-051100-
CORSON-DEWEY-POTTER-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005 /500 AM MDT SUN SEP 4 2005/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX TODAY IS IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER 5 PM CDT.

SDZ004-009-051100-
CAMPBELL-WALWORTH-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX TODAY IS IN THE HIGH CATEGORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGHOUT THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY OF NORTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER 5 PM CDT.

SDZ005-010-017-051100-
MCPHERSON-EDMUNDS-FAULK-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS
EVENING...WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AFTER 5 PM CDT.

SDZ037-051100-
HAND-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SDZ036-051-051100-
HYDE-BUFFALO-
600 AM CDT SUN SEP 4 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX TODAY IS IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT. A LARGE HAIL
THREAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THUNDERSTORMS THAT FORM MONDAY OR
MONDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

DORN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 4, 9:13 PM CST, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 39 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Brown

When: September 4, 11:49 PM CST
Where: Brown County, Claremont
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.667, -98.017

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, September 2005

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5478073.