Hail in South Dakota, September 28, 2008

Name: Hail in South Dakota, September 28, 2008
Start: 2008-09-28T15:40
End: 2008-09-28T19:05
Location: South Dakota

September 28, 2008 · NWS FSD · 7 events in 5 counties and zones

Thunderstorms produced large hail at several locations near the James River in southeast South Dakota during the late afternoon and early evening of September 28th.

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 FSD wrote it up.

Thunderstorms produced large hail at several locations near the James River in southeast South Dakota during the late afternoon and early evening of September 28th.

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 28, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 1:30 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 10:12 AM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1112 AM CDT SUN SEP 28 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-291200-
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-
1112 AM CDT SUN SEP 28 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
A COLD FRONT AND ASSOCIATED UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH THIS AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE
OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. MARGINAL WIND SHEAR
AND SOME INSTABILITY COULD PRODUCE BRIEF...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTENDING EASTWARD TOWARD
YANKTON. IF ANY SEVERE WEATHER DOES DEVELOP...IT WOULD OCCUR IN
THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS IN THOSE AREAS. BUT
AGAIN...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS PRETTY MARGINAL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION FROM AROUND 4 PM
TO
8 PM IN SOUTH CENTRAL CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTWARD TOWARD
YANKTON.

&&

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

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:37 UTC.

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Beadle

When: September 28, 3:40 PM CST
Where: Beadle County, 0.98 mi E of Bonilla
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.580, -98.480

Hail, Hutchinson

When: September 28, 5:29 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 0.85 mi NW of Dimock
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.480, -97.990

Hail, Sanborn

When: September 28, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Sanborn County, 9.79 mi N of Artesian
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.160, -97.890

Hail, Hutchinson

When: September 28, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 2.13 mi NNW of Tschetter Colony
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.400, -97.690

Hail, Hutchinson

When: September 28, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 5.22 mi WSW of Tripp
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.200, -98.070

Large hail was accompanied by heavy rainfall of around 2 inches.

Hail, Bon Homme

When: September 28, 6:35 PM CST
Where: Bon Homme County, 5.73 mi NNW of Tyndall
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.060, -97.880

Hail, Yankton

When: September 28, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Yankton County, 1.67 mi WNW of Lesterville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.040, -97.630

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 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, September 2008

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: 134019, 134025, 134026, 134027, 134028, 134030, 134031.