Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2014

Name: Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2014
Start: 2014-07-24T09:23
End: 2014-07-24T21:35
Location: South Dakota

July 24, 2014 · NWS ABR · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

A couple isolated severe thunderstorms brought large hail up to the size of golf balls to parts of north central and northeast South Dakota.

Where it happened

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

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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: 6

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 isolated severe thunderstorms brought large hail up to the size of golf balls to parts of north central and 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 24, 5:54 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 5:54 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 3:20 AM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
420 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2014

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-250930-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
420 AM CDT THU JUL 24 2014 /320 AM MDT THU JUL 24 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST
AREA THIS MORNING AND THEN AGAIN THIS EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...THOUGH A STRONG STORM OR TWO IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW WEAK STORMS COULD LINGER INTO FRIDAY AND POSSIBLY FRIDAY
NIGHT. DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR THE MOST PART HOWEVER.
SATURDAY LOOKS TO BE WINDY WITH MILD TEMPERATURES AND LOW
HUMIDITY WHICH COULD BE A FIRE WEATHER ISSUE IF WE CONTINUE TO
SEE A LACK OF WIDESPREAD MOISTURE. DRY CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE WORK WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

CONNELLY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:15 AM CST, 8 minutes before

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The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:22 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Clark

When: July 24, 9:23 AM CST
Where: Clark County, 3.26 mi WSW of Willow Lake
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.600, -97.680

Hail, Hamlin

When: July 24, 11:14 AM CST
Where: Hamlin County, 0.69 mi N of Hayti
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 44.660, -97.200

Hail, Hamlin

When: July 24, 11:22 AM CST
Where: Hamlin County, 2.54 mi NW of Stone Bridge
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.630, -97.080

Hail, Grant

When: July 24, 12:12 PM CST
Where: Grant County, 0.85 mi NE of Twin Brooks
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 45.210, -96.790

Hail, Clark

When: July 24, 12:25 PM CST
Where: Clark County, 4.17 mi N of Bradley
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.140, -97.620

Hail, Dewey

When: July 24, 9:35 PM MST
Where: Dewey County, 13.57 mi SSE of La Plant
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.940, -100.600

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 536956, 536957, 536958, 536959, 536961, 536962.