Hail in South Dakota, April 24, 2015

Name: Hail in South Dakota, April 24, 2015
Start: 2015-04-24T16:33
End: 2015-04-24T17:50
Location: South Dakota

April 24, 2015 · NWS FSD · 8 events in 3 counties and zones

Thunderstorms produced nickel to golf ball size hail in Davison, Douglas, and Aurora Counties of southeast South Dakota during the late afternoon of April 24th.

Where it happened

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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: 8

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 nickel to golf ball size hail in Davison, Douglas, and Aurora Counties of southeast South Dakota during the late 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, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:25 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
425 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

NEZ013-014-SDZ038>040-050-052>071-252130-
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-
425 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS.
WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...ISOLATED STORMS
COULD PRODUCE MARGINAL HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS
UP TO 40 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-
098-252130-
LYON IA-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-O'BRIEN-CLAY IA-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE-
BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN MN-LYON MN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-
NOBLES-JACKSON-PIPESTONE-ROCK-
425 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA
AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY SCATTERED SHOWERS ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:13 PM CST, 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
513 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

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

0510 PM     HAIL             MITCHELL                43.73N 98.03W
04/24/2015  E0.50 INCH       DAVISON            SD   PUBLIC

&&

NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
IRIS SYSTEM

Local storm report, Apr 24, 4:33 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
533 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2015

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

0533 PM     HAIL             3 W MITCHELL            43.73N 98.09W
04/24/2015  E1.00 INCH       DAVISON            SD   PUBLIC

            HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.

&&

NWS SIOUX FALLS SD
IRIS SYSTEM

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Davison

When: April 24, 4:33 PM CST
Where: Davison County, 3.49 mi S of Loomis
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.730, -98.090

Large hail covered the ground.

Hail, Davison

When: April 24, 4:44 PM CST
Where: Davison County, Loomis
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 43.780, -98.100

Hail, Davison

When: April 24, 4:45 PM CST
Where: Davison County, 2.3 mi NNE of Betts
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 43.730, -98.130

Hail, Douglas

When: April 24, 4:53 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 3.77 mi ENE of Corsica
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.440, -98.330

Hail, Davison

When: April 24, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Davison County, 1.65 mi WNW of Loomis
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.790, -98.130

Hail, Davison

When: April 24, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Davison County, 2.88 mi NW of Loomis
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.810, -98.140

Hail, Douglas

When: April 24, 5:32 PM CST
Where: Douglas County, 0.5 mi W of Corsica
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.420, -98.410

Large hail covered the ground.

Hail, Aurora

When: April 24, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Aurora County, 2.13 mi NNW of Storla
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.900, -98.360

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 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, April 2015

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: 570562, 570563, 570568, 570569, 570570, 570571, 570572, 570573.