Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 20, 2:12 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, 5 mi SW of Lester
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -96.433
Hail in Iowa, June 20, 2006
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.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 Jun 19, 7:55 PM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 7:55 PM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 855 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... AXIS OF INSTABIL FM WRN SD INTO WRN NEB WL GRADUALLY SHIFT NEWD OVERNIGHT ON EDGE OF MID LEVEL CAP. SCT ELEV TRW SHUD BEGIN TO DVELOP AFT 06Z AS LLJ INCREASES. LATEST NAM SHOW BEST H85 INSTABIL FM SCNTRL SD TO NW IA BY 12Z WITH H85 LIS OF -2 TO -4. ALSO SLY LLJ INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 KTS AND IMPINGE THIS AXIS AFT 06Z. SO WUD EXPECT BEST CHC OF TRW AFT 06Z WITH HIGHEST POPS FM SCNTRL SD TO NR SUX. LESSER POPS TO THE NE AND HAVE TRIMMED BACK POPS A BIT ACRS SW MN LATER TONIGHT. INSTABIL AXIS WL LIFT NEWD TUE MORN WITH BEST CHC OF TRW E OF A BKX-SLB LINE. MAIN SVR THREAT AFT 06Z WUD BE LARGE HAIL...AS LOW LEVEL INVERSION MAY BE STG ENOUGH TO PREVENT MUCH DAMAGING WINDS. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE MN...NONE IA...NONE NE...NONE &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 6:53 PM CST, 7 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 753 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006 SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098- IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-201200- 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- 753 PM CDT MON JUN 19 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND MIDNIGHT AND THEN WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA LATER TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE MAINLY WEST OF AS LINE FROM MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX CITY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WINDS UP TO 65 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 IN THE EARLY MORNING...AND AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT WEST OF A LINE FROM MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA TO SIOUX CITY IOWA. && 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, Jun 20, 1:10 AM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
210 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 AM HAIL MENNO 43.24N 97.58W
06/20/2006 M0.88 INCH HUTCHINSON SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
0202 AM HAIL MENNO 43.24N 97.58W
06/20/2006 M1.00 INCH HUTCHINSON SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
JCHAPMANLocal storm report, Jun 20, 1:25 AM CST, 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
225 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0221 AM HAIL 12 W HURLEY 43.28N 97.33W
06/20/2006 M0.75 INCH TURNER SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
JCHAPMANLocal storm report, Jun 20, 2:09 AM CST, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
309 AM CDT TUE JUN 20 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0302 AM HAIL SIOUX FALLS 43.54N 96.73W
06/20/2006 E1.00 INCH MINNEHAHA SD TRAINED SPOTTER
DOWNTOWN ON 6TH ST AT THE BIG SIOUX RIVER BRIDGE.
&&
JCHAPMANThe radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:13 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lyon
- When
- June 20, 2:16 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon County, Lester
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -96.367
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
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- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Rhode Island, June 20, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, June 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 2006
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maine, June 20, 2006
- Flash Flood in Texas, June 20, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, June 20, 2006
More
Every storm in Iowa in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2006
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: 5513942, 5513943.