Hail, Brown
- When
- June 8, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 4.85 mi SW of Warner
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.270, -98.570
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 8, 2008
Severe thunderstorms brought penny hail and strong winds to parts of southern Brown County.
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 happened
The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms brought penny hail and strong winds to parts of southern Brown County.
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 24 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 8, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 8 mi WSW of Warner
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.276, -98.652
Sixty mph winds downed several branches.
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
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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 8 to 9, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, June 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 8, 2008
- Excessive Heat in Virginia, June 8, 2008
- Heat in Nevada, June 8 to 9, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Iowa, June 8 to 9, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Illinois, June 8 to 20, 2008
- Flood in Wisconsin, June 8, 2008
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 8, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 8, 2008
More
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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: 119317, 119323.