Hail, Deuel
- When
- July 6, 12:30 PM CST to 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County, 4.5 mi SSW of Goodwin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.820, -96.865
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 2009
A couple of isolated thunderstorms brought large hail up to the size of golfballs along with winds up to 60 mph to parts of northeast South Dakota.
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
- 11
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.
A couple of isolated thunderstorms brought large hail up to the size of golfballs along with winds up to 60 mph to parts of northeast South Dakota.
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 6, 9:58 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 9:58 AM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 137 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
Event by event
9 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Deuel
- When
- July 6, 12:30 PM CST to 12:33 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County, 6.7 mi SSW of Goodwin
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.790, -96.882
Sixty mph winds downed several large tree branches.
Hail, Codington
- When
- July 6, 12:30 PM CST to 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County, 3.19 mi S of Kranzburg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.834, -96.895
Hail, Deuel
- When
- July 6, 12:30 PM CST to 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County, 3.74 mi SSW of Bemis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.817, -96.866
Hail, Codington
- When
- July 6, 3:05 PM CST to 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County, 5.32 mi ENE of Henry
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.910, -97.350
Hail, Codington
- When
- July 6, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County, 4.17 mi N of Grover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -97.280
Hail, Edmunds
- When
- July 6, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds County, 5.41 mi NNW of Loyalton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 45.350, -99.330
Hail, Faulk
- When
- July 6, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County, 0.85 mi NE of Norbeck
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.190, -99.210
Hail, Faulk
- When
- July 6, 6:46 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County, 1.95 mi E of Cresbard
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -98.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk
- When
- July 6, 6:55 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County, 6.15 mi SSE of Cresbard
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.096, -98.900
Several large branches were downed by sixty mph winds.
Hail, Faulk
- When
- July 6, 7:00 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County, Cresbard
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -98.970
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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- Hail in Colorado, July 6, 2009
- Flash Flood and Flood in Louisiana, July 6 to 7, 2009
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2009
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: 189631, 189643, 189651, 189654, 189609, 189610, 189611, 189614, 189617, 189662, 189657.