Hail in South Dakota, September 5, 2005

Name: Hail in South Dakota, September 5, 2005
Start: 2005-09-05T21:15
End: 2005-09-05T21:30
Location: South Dakota

September 5, 2005 · 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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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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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.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 5, 2:50 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:50 PM CST, 6 hours 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
350 PM CDT MON SEP 5 2005

.DISCUSSION...
SITUATION A BIT COMPLICATED WITH CONVECTN CONTG TO DCSR SERN CRNR OF
AREA THIS MRNG...BUT ISOLD TRW- TRYING TO SPRD INTO AREA ON WK
SHRTWV. WILL CONT THESE TRENDS THRU LATE MRNG WITH A CONTD THREAT OF
ISOLD TRW- AS REST OF ACTVTY CONTS TO DCRS...THEN CUT ALL FOR ERY
AFTN BEFORE REGENRATION LATE THIS AFTN AND MORE ACTVTY TNGT...MAINLY
SRN PART OF FCTS AREA. TEMPS WILL OF CURSE BE COOLR TDA XCP STILL
FAIRLY WARM S WHERE CDFNT HAS TRBL MOVG IN.

DAY TO DAY VARIATIONS IN CONVECTN LOCATION AND CVRG TRICKY NEXT FEW
DAYS BUT WILL CONT VARIED ACTVTY INTO THU. BY THEN HI AMPLITUDE WRN
TROF/ERN RDG PATTRN DVLPS...WE ARE CLOSE ENUD TO RDGNG THAT WX SHUD
BE MOSTLY DRY FROM FRI ON. HWVR WILL KEEP THE MENTN FOR SAT AS WE
HAD IT FOR WK SHRT WV COMNG UP DVLPNG RDG ALG WITH WAA.

WILL KEEP DRY FOR SUN AND MON AND MAY AS WELL TAKE A SHOT AT KEEONG
IT THAT WAY FOR NEW DAY 7 PRELIM GRIDS FOR NEXT TUE. MEANWHILE TEMPS
TRY TO WARM BACK TO FAIRLY WARM LEVELS. CUD OF COURSE BE MORE
CONVECTV ACTVTY IN THIS PATTRN AND IN FACT WHOLE FCST IS IN QSTN
THAT FAR AHD. MODELS SEEM TO BE CONSISTNT ON DVLPG THIS PATTRN...BUT
CANADIAN FOR EXAMPL TRIES TO BRK RDG DOWN A LTL FASTR END OF PD.

&&

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

&&

WILLIAMS

Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 8:25 AM CST, 12 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 AM CDT MON SEP 05 2005

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-061200-
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-
925 AM CDT MON SEP 05 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MID MORNING ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE...AND SHOULD DECREASE BY NOON. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL REDEVELOP FROM THE NORTHWEST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS
EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SPREAD EAST OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL OR DAMAGING WINDS.

FIRE DANGER...
THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY HIGH THIS
AFTERNOON NEAR AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER FROM CHAMBERLAIN TO
PICKSTOWN. TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 90S...SOUTH WINDS 20 TO 35
MPH...AND RELATIVELY DRY VEGETATION WILL ALL CONTRIBUTE TO MAKING
THE FIRE DANGER VERY HIGH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TUESDAY AS THE
COLD FRONT MOVES TO JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA. SOME OF THE STORMS
COULD BE SEVERE SOUTHEAST OF A GREGORY TO MITCHELL TO BROOKINGS
LINE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 5 PM NORTHWEST OF A
LINE
FROM BROOKINGS TO WAGNER. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS
THE REST OF THE AREA AFTER 9 PM.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 5, 7:36 PM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
836 PM CDT MON SEP 05 2005

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

0825 PM     TSTM WND GST     HITCHCOCK               44.63N 98.41W
09/05/2005  70 MPH           BEADLE             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 40-50 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS.

&&

MJF

Local storm report, Sep 5, 8:20 PM CST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
920 PM CDT MON SEP 05 2005

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

0915 PM     HAIL             WESSINGTON              44.45N 98.70W
09/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BEADLE             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BT

Local storm report, Sep 5, 8:23 PM CST, 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
923 PM CDT MON SEP 05 2005

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

0920 PM     HAIL             HURON                   44.36N 98.22W
09/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BEADLE             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0920 PM     HAIL             1 W HURON               44.36N 98.24W
09/05/2005  0.75 INCH        BEADLE             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BT

Local storm report, Sep 5, 9:15 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1015 PM CDT MON SEP 05 2005

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

0945 PM     HAIL             13 S WESSINGTON         44.27N 98.70W
09/05/2005  1.25 INCH        BEADLE             SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

BT

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:14 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jerauld

When: September 5, 9:15 PM CST
Where: Jerauld County, 14 mi W of Wessington Spgs
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.083, -98.850

Hail, Jerauld

When: September 5, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Jerauld County, 11 mi NW of Wessington Spgs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.200, -98.717

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: 5474478, 5474479.