South Dakota, 2024

Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 2024

June 2, 2024 · NWS FSD · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Scattered mixed-mode thunderstorms developed along a cold front which moved through an environment of 2000-2500 J/kg MLCAPE and up to 40 knots of deep-layer shear. A few brief supercells developed before evolving to bowing structures and brought marginally large hail.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
$1,000
Events
4

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.

Scattered mixed-mode thunderstorms developed along a cold front which moved through an environment of 2000-2500 J/kg MLCAPE and up to 40 knots of deep-layer shear. A few brief supercells developed before evolving to bowing structures and brought marginally large hail.

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 2, 1:12 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 1:12 PM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 8:45 AM CST, 8 hours before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
945 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

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945 AM CDT Sun Jun 2 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa,
west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska,
central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central
South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Periods of scattered showers and storms are expected to move east
across the area this morning into the early afternoon. Chances for
severe weather with this activity is low, though stronger storms
during the later morning to early afternoon may produce hail up to
quarter size.

Stronger storms are expected to develop mainly west of Interstate
29 mid to late afternoon, tracking across southeast South Dakota,
into southwest Minnesota and northwest during the evening and
overnight.

Initial development in the late afternoon to early evening,
especially west of Interstate 29, may produce large hail up to
golf ball size, wind gusts to 70 mph and isolated tornadoes.
Storms are then expected to evolve into linear segments capable of
damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph. Heavy rainfall could also
produce ponding in low lying or poor drainage areas or areas with
recent heavy rains, with isolated flash flooding possible.

If you have outdoor plans, especially later today into this evening,
have multiple ways to receive warnings and be prepared to seek
shelter should storms approach your location.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Additional showers and thunderstorms are expected Monday night into
Tuesday. A few strong to severe storms are possible Tuesday afternoon
and evening, mainly over portions of northwest Iowa and southwest
Minnesota.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is possible between 4 pm and midnight tonight.

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:44 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Beadle

When
June 2, 4:45 PM CST to 4:47 PM CST
Where
Beadle County, 7.96 mi NNE of Yale
Measured
1 in hail
Crop damage
$1,000
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.530, -97.900

Within a greater amount of hail, there were a few stones up to quarter size. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Hail, Beadle

When
June 2, 7:12 PM CST to 7:14 PM CST
Where
Beadle County, 0.69 mi N of Wolsey
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
44.410, -98.470

A brief period of hail occurred, with some up to the size of quarters.

Hail, Beadle

When
June 2, 7:46 PM CST to 7:48 PM CST
Where
Beadle County, 2.56 mi WSW of (Hon)huron Arpt
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.370, -98.280

Hail, Brookings

When
June 2, 8:07 PM CST to 8:09 PM CST
Where
Brookings County, 11.74 mi WNW of Bruce
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.510, -97.090

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.

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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: 1190909, 1190911, 1190912, 1190913.