Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 5, 2005

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 5, 2005
Start: 2005-09-05T15:46
End: 2005-09-05T21:00
Location: South Dakota

September 5, 2005 · NWS ABR · 17 events in 9 counties and zones

14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 17

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 5, 2:47 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 2:47 PM CST, 59 minutes before

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The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:46 UTC.

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Event by event

14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Potter

When: September 5, 3:46 PM CST
Where: Potter County, 1 mi SW of Tolstoy
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 45.183, -99.650

Hail, Edmunds

When: September 5, 4:27 PM CST
Where: Edmunds County, 8 mi E of Roscoe
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 45.450, -99.183

Thunderstorm Wind, Edmunds

When: September 5, 4:27 PM CST
Where: Edmunds County, Mina
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 45.433, -98.767

Sixty mph winds downed many branches in Mina.

Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson

When: September 5, 4:45 PM CST
Where: McPherson County, Wetonka
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 45.617, -98.783

Large branches were brought down by the high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When: September 5, 5:00 PM CST
Where: Brown County, 5 mi N of Aberdeen
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 45.533, -98.483

Many large branches were downed.

Hail, Sully

When: September 5, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Sully County, 20 mi ESE of Onida
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.583, -99.683

Hail, Faulk

When: September 5, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Faulk County, Faulkton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 45.033, -99.133

Hail, Brown

When: September 5, 5:53 PM CST
Where: Brown County, 1 mi NW of Aberdeen
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 45.483, -98.500

Hail, Hyde

When: September 5, 6:07 PM CST
Where: Hyde County, Highmore
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.517, -99.433

Hail, Hand

When: September 5, 7:15 PM CST
Where: Hand County, Ree Hgts
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 44.517, -99.200

Hail, Hyde

When: September 5, 7:18 PM CST
Where: Hyde County, 1 mi E of Stephan
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.250, -99.433

Hail, Hand

When: September 5, 7:44 PM CST
Where: Hand County, Danforth
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.250, -98.883

Hail, Hand

When: September 5, 7:45 PM CST
Where: Hand County, 12 mi SE of Miller
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.400, -98.817

Hail, Hand

When: September 5, 7:56 PM CST
Where: Hand County, 9 mi SSE of Vayland
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 44.367, -98.717

Hail, Hand

When: September 5, 8:26 PM CST
Where: Hand County, Danforth
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 44.250, -98.883

Hail, Hand

When: September 5, 8:35 PM CST
Where: Hand County, 3 mi NE of Danforth
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.283, -98.833

Hail, Buffalo

When: September 5, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Buffalo County, 4 mi NW of Gann Vly
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.067, -99.050

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5478075, 5478076, 5478077, 5478078, 5478079, 5478080, 5478081, 5478082, 5478083, 5478084, 5478085, 5478086, 5478088, 5478089, 5478087, 5478090, 5478091.