Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 22, 2013

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 22, 2013
Start: 2013-06-22T18:21
End: 2013-06-22T23:46
Location: South Dakota

June 22, 2013 · NWS FSD · 9 events in 6 counties and zones

Thunderstorms produced large hail and damaging winds at scattered locations across southeast South Dakota on the evening of June 22nd.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $1,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 and damaging winds at scattered locations across southeast South Dakota on the evening of June 22nd.

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 Jun 22, 2:49 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 2:49 PM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 10:40 AM CST, 7 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1140 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-231200-
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-
1140 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA THROUGH EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND INTO SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD BY THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT AS THEY PUSH EAST THROUGH SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE. THE
MAIN THREATS IN THE AFTERNOON WILL BE LARGE HAIL TO GOLF BALL
SIZE...SPORADIC DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES. THE MAIN THREAT WILL TRANSITION TO MAINLY DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH IN THE EVENING.

FLOODING...
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE TRI-STATE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. GROUNDS ARE ALREADY SATURATED
FROM RECENT RAINS. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS AND WILL LIKELY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOW MOVING OR
REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME LOCATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAINLY EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. THE MAIN THREATS
WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MISSOURI
RIVER VALLEY AND NORTHWEST IOWA FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AND
THROUGH THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA INTO
SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND THEN INTO NORTHWESTERN IOWA BY LATER
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

&&

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 3:51 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
451 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HAIL             6 NW MARSHALL           44.50N 95.88W
06/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       LYON               MN   PUBLIC

            MOSTLY NICKEL SIZE BUT A FEW AS BIG AS QUARTERS.

&&

CHENARD

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:18 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
518 PM CDT SAT JUN 22 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1004 PM     HAIL             1 NNW MONROE            43.50N 97.22W
06/21/2013  E1.00 INCH       TURNER             SD   PUBLIC

            MAINLY NICKEL SIZE HAIL...ALTHOUGH A FEW AROUND QUARTER
            SIZE.

&&

CHENARD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:21 UTC.

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Event by event

6 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When: June 22, 6:21 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, 5.99 mi NE of Moe
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.220, -96.550

Hail, Moody

When: June 22, 9:08 PM CST
Where: Moody County, 6.14 mi ESE of Trent
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.860, -96.540

Thunderstorm Wind, Aurora

When: June 22, 9:20 PM CST
Where: Aurora County, 2.11 mi ENE of White Lake
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.740, -98.680

Thunderstorm winds blew down a few trees, including a 6 inch diameter cottonwood tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Brule

When: June 22, 9:59 PM CST
Where: Brule County, 0.69 mi N of Chamberlain Arpt
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 43.810, -99.320

Thunderstorm Wind, Brule

When: June 22, 10:40 PM CST
Where: Brule County, 0.5 mi W of Kimball
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.750, -98.960

Hail, Lake

When: June 22, 10:49 PM CST
Where: Lake County, 0.85 mi NE of Madison
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 44.010, -97.110

Thunderstorm Wind, Aurora

When: June 22, 10:55 PM CST
Where: Aurora County, 0.5 mi E of White Lake
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.730, -98.710

Thunderstorm Wind, Aurora

When: June 22, 11:09 PM CST
Where: Aurora County, 2.13 mi SSE of Storla
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $1,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.840, -98.340

Thunderstorm winds snapped a power pole.

Thunderstorm Wind, Davison

When: June 22, 11:46 PM CST
Where: Davison County, 0.69 mi S of (Mhe)mitchell Arpt
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 43.760, -98.030

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2013

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: 455675, 455676, 455677, 455678, 455679, 455680, 455681, 455682, 455683.