Hail, Mellette
- When
- June 17, 3:45 PM CST to 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County, 4.91 mi SSW of Wood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.431, -100.506
Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2009
Quarter sized hail fell near Wood. Strong wind gusts blew down small tree limbs.
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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Quarter sized hail fell near Wood. Strong wind gusts blew down small tree limbs.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 164 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:43 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 Tennessee, June 17 to 28, 2009
- Excessive Heat in Missouri, June 17 to 27, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 17, 2009
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 17, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Missouri, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Excessive Heat in Illinois, June 17 to 27, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 17, 2009
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 17 to 18, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 17 to 18, 2009
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 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: 169739.