Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 2015

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 27, 2015
Start: 2015-06-27T16:15
End: 2015-06-27T18:41
Location: South Dakota

June 27, 2015 · NWS ABR · 6 events in 4 counties and zones

Large hail and severe wind gusts occurred across parts of northeast South Dakota during the late afternoon and evening.

Where it happened

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

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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.

Large hail and severe wind gusts occurred across parts of northeast South Dakota during the late afternoon and evening.

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 Jun 27, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 12:52 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
152 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-037-281900-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-HAND-
152 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF
THESE STORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG
WINDS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER FAR NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM AROUND THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY AND POINTS EASTWARD
INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SDZ033>036-045-048-051-281900-
STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN-BUFFALO-
152 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST FOR THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TMT/SERR

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 50 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson

When: June 27, 4:15 PM CST
Where: McPherson County, 6.29 mi S of Spring Creek Colony
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.810, -98.810

Sixty mph winds were estimated.

Hail, McPherson

When: June 27, 4:30 PM CST
Where: McPherson County, 6.93 mi S of Spring Creek Colony
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.800, -98.820

Hail, Brown

When: June 27, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Brown County, 5.03 mi WNW of Gage
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.590, -98.600

Thunderstorm Wind, Brown

When: June 27, 5:10 PM CST
Where: Brown County, 1.94 mi E of Richmond
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.520, -98.590

Hail, Edmunds

When: June 27, 5:29 PM CST
Where: Edmunds County, 4.38 mi SW of Mina
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.390, -98.840

Thunderstorm Wind, Spink

When: June 27, 6:41 PM CST
Where: Spink County, 4.82 mi SSW of Tulare
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 44.670, -98.550

What these are

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.
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, June 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: 590338, 590334, 590335, 590341, 590333, 590342.