Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2014

Name: Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2014
Start: 2014-07-24T09:55
End: 2014-07-24T12:32
Location: South Dakota

July 24, 2014 · NWS FSD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Thunderstorms produced up to quarter size hail in Kingsbury and Moody Counties in southeast South Dakota during the late morning and early afternoon of July 24th.

Where it happened

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Tropical storms and surge
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 up to quarter size hail in Kingsbury and Moody Counties in southeast South Dakota during the late morning and early afternoon of July 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 Jul 24, 5:47 AM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 5:47 AM CST, 4 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:46 AM CST, 5 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
546 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2014

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-251100-
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-DIXON-DAKOTA-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-
BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER-LAKE-MOODY-BRULE-AURORA-
DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-HUTCHINSON-
TURNER-LINCOLN SD-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY SD-UNION-
546 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS
MORNING...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 29. SMALL HAIL AND
BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. A FEW OF THE STRONGER
STORMS MAY PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
WEAKEN AS THEY PROGRESS EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 LATE THIS MORNING INTO
THE AFTERNOON.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP TONIGHT...MAINLY ACROSS
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF NORTHWEST IOWA. AT THIS
TIME...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE BEST CHANCE LOOKS TO BE WEST OF THE
JAMES RIVER AND THEN ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90. IF THESE
STORMS DO FORM...A FEW COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT.

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:56 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Kingsbury

When: July 24, 9:55 AM CST
Where: Kingsbury County, 3.98 mi SSW of Eiwin
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.430, -97.470

Hail, Moody

When: July 24, 12:32 PM CST
Where: Moody County, 3.97 mi E of Flandreau
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.050, -96.500

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 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 2014

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: 526017, 526018.