Hail, Traverse
- When
- July 13, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Traverse County, 15 mi N of Wheaton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 46.017, -96.500
Hail in Minnesota, July 13, 2006
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
- Other
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 Jul 13, 1:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 1:25 PM CST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
225 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT
MAIN CONCERNS IN THE SHORT RANGE ARE CHANCE OF SEVERE THIS
EVENING...THEN HOT AND DRY WITH EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FOR THIS
EVENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY CONTINUES TO EDGE EAST TOWARD GLACIAL
LAKES/BIG SIOUX RIVER VALLEY. RECENT LAPSE DATA INDICATES THAT IT
IS BECOMING STRONGLY UNSTABLE ACROSS REGION WITH SFC BASED CAPES
AROUND 3K JOULES/KG AND SFC LIFTED INDICES AROUND -6 TO -8.
MEANWHILE WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATES THAT A DECENT S/W IS COMING
ACROSS THE STATE. BEST BET FOR SEVERE IS ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST THIS
EVENING WITH WIND AND THEN HAIL MAIN THREATS. BULK AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR
NOT PARTICULARLY STRONG WHICH SHOULD LIMIT CHANCES FOR
TORNADO GENESIS. AFTER TONIGHT RIDGE ALOFT BUILDS EVEN MORE STRONGLY
ACROSS REGION WITH 700 MB TEMPS EDGING ABOVE 15C ACROSS MUCH OF
CWA LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SURFACE BOUNDARY DOES PUSH
SOUTH INTO CWA LATE IN THE WEEKEND BUT IT WILL LIKELY BE TOUGH TO
GET MUCH CONVECTION GOING. OTHER CONCERN FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
WILL BE FIRE WEATHER. AS WINDS PICK UP AND TEMPS SKY
ROCKET...COULD DEFINITELY SEE THE NEED FOR FIRE WEATHER WATCHES
AND OR WARNINGS FOR THOSE DAYS. TEMPS WERE BASICALLY LEFT AS IS
AND WERE ALREADY ABOVE GUIDANCE WHICH LOOKS GOOD.
.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
EXTENDED RANGE MODELS ADVERTISE UPPER RIDGE CONTINUING TO DOMINATE
THE CENTRAL US...WITH THE GFS PUSHING THE RIDGE TO THE EAST TOWARD
THE END OF THE WEEK. SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN WITH TIMING OF THE UPPER
TROUGH MOVING ASHORE THE PAC NW BY MID WEEK...AND SLIDING INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK. WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE
UPPER RIDGE PATTERN...EXPECT THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM TO SLOW SOME.
GFS ALSO ADVERTISING VERY WEAK CHANCES FOR -TSRA EACH NIGHT ACROSS
THE EASTERN CWA WITH A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY IN PLACE. HOWEVER STILL
EXPECT VERY WARM AIR ALOFT...AND MOISTURE COULD BE SCARCE...SO
CONTINUED WITH THE DRY FORECAST. LATEST GFS ADVERTISING WARMER TEMPS
AT H85 THROUGH MID WEEK...SO DID BUMP UP TEMPS FOR MON THROUGH WED.
TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO BE ABOVE AVERAGE WITH HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 80S TO AROUND 100 ACROSS THE CWA THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED.
&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT /8 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING FOR
LOWER BAD RIVER-UPPER CHEYENNE.
MN...NONE.
&&
TDK/ALBRECHTHazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 4:10 AM CST, 12 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 510 AM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-141015- TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-BROWN-MARSHALL-ROBERTS-DAY-SPINK-CLARK- CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL- 510 AM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS EAST THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND HIGH WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON FROM THE JAMES RIVER AND POINTS EAST INTO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-141015- CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK- STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO- 510 AM CDT THU JUL 13 2006 /410 AM MDT THU JUL 13 2006/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ACROSS CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS. THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL REACH THE EXTREME CATEGORY ACROSS CORSON AND DEWEY COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON...WHILE HIGH TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR FARTHER EAST. PLEASE SEE LATEST FIRE WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. TT
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:21 PM CST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
521 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0508 PM HAIL 17 S CLARK 44.63N 97.73W
07/13/2006 E0.75 INCH CLARK SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SKEEFELocal storm report, Jul 13, 4:23 PM CST, 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
523 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM HAIL 16 S CLARK 44.65N 97.73W
07/13/2006 E1.00 INCH CLARK SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SKEEFELocal storm report, Jul 13, 4:25 PM CST, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
525 PM CDT THU JUL 13 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0518 PM HAIL 17 S CLARK 44.63N 97.73W
07/13/2006 E0.75 INCH CLARK SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
SKEEFEThe radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Missouri, July 13 to 21, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 13, 2006
- Heat in Mississippi, July 13, 2006
- Flood in Ohio, July 13 to 15, 2006
- Hail in Kansas, July 13, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 13, 2006
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 13, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 13, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 13, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 13, 2006
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Virginia, July 13, 2006
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Carolina, July 13, 2006
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 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: 5521948.