South Dakota, 2010

Hail in South Dakota, April 24, 2010

April 24, 2010 · NWS FSD · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Thunderstorms produced large hail at a few locations in southeast South Dakota during the afternoon of April 24th.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$1,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 a few locations in southeast South Dakota during the afternoon of April 24th.

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 Apr 24, 10:20 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 10:20 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before
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The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Turner

When
April 24, 1:18 PM CST to 1:23 PM CST
Where
Turner County, 4.47 mi SW of Marion
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
43.380, -97.340

Large hail, along with smaller size hail, covered the ground.

Hail, Hutchinson

When
April 24, 1:35 PM CST to 1:50 PM CST
Where
Hutchinson County, Freeman
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
43.350, -97.430

Large hail covered the ground to a depth of 2 inches in the town, with the hail piled higher at some spots. The dense fall of hail broke a few windows, shredded two screens at one house, and caused an unknown amount of damage to trees and other plants from stripped leaves and buds.

Hail, Minnehaha

When
April 24, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Minnehaha County, 3.07 mi ENE of Buffalo Trading Post
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
43.790, -97.010

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

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 223794, 223796, 223797.