Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed late afternoon along a slow-moving frontal boundary. Even with fairly weak deep-layer shear, strong instability resulted in large hail.
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Scattered strong to severe thunderstorms developed late afternoon along a slow-moving frontal boundary. Even with fairly weak deep-layer shear, strong instability resulted in large hail. Drier air and advancing cold pools later in development produced spotty damaging winds. High moisture content and slowly progressing storms also produced some locally heavy rainfall with rates briefly from 3 to 5 inches per hour.
A particularly intense and long-lived supercell developed near Vermillion and tracked southeast, generating hail up to golf ball size and a swath of damaging winds along Burbank Road up to 85 mph.
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, 4:11 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 511 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 .KEY MESSAGES... - Thunderstorms will develop from southwest to northeast late this afternoon into the evening. Weak shear and moderate instability should lead towards a few storms producing hail as large as ping pong balls and wind gusts to 65 mph. - Locally heavy rainfall is likely as well with a few stripes of 2- 5". Most locations south of a Wagner to Sioux Falls to Marshall MN line should receive 0.50" with the better chances for 1-2" south of a Yankton to Jackson MN line. - Could see a brief return of Canadian wildfire smoke behind today's cold frontal passage. Minor deterioration in visibility and air quality will be possible during the late evening hours mainly across southeastern South Dakota and portions of southwestern MN. - Temperatures return to seasonal normals for the remainder of the week into the weekend, with some potential for scattered (20-40% chance) diurnal showers/thunderstorms each day. Currently the severe threat during this times looks low. && .UPDATE... Issued at 503 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 Storms have developed quickly over the last hour or so just ahead the lower level front, located at the time of this discussion from central MN stretching southwest into the NE Panhandle. Through our forecast area, have nearly a continuous line of storms from northwestern Cottonwood county to northwestern Dixon county. Some strong to severe storms continue along this line with the main threats still hail to the size of ping-pong balls and wind gusts to 65 mph. Keeping an eye on the potential for heavy rain and training thunderstorms, with development behind some of the initial convection. This pushes east with the front. Still expecting storms to develop and expand through the evening and overnight hours, although not putting much faith in the CAMs due to how poorly they're handling current convection. Finally, starting to see some wildfire smoke return to the surface with northwesterly flow behind the front. Huron has dropped to 3 miles for visibility, and can see the smoke on satellite. && .DISCUSSION... Issued at 234 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 A quick moving mid level wave/MCV moving along highway 14 is speeding up the low level front a bit this afternoon. If storm development holds off until 6-7 pm, this may push the stronger development a bit farther south. Environmentally, scattered severe storms remain likely with about 2000 J/kg instability and only weak shear. Suspect that the initial updrafts will have the potential for golf ball to ping pong ball hail, but overall wind gusts around 65 mph and locally heavy rain should be the main threats. The best chance for these strong to severe storms will be south of I-90 then into parts of southwest MN. Low level boundary orientation relative to the mid and upper level flow indicate some training of cells is possible and given PWAT values around 1.5" and a warm cloud depth of about 12 kft, 2-4" per hour rainfall rates will be likely, just localized. After sunset a wave to the south will work east and bring additional rain and isolated thunderstorms to the area. For the most part severe weather after about 3z should remain very isolated, with some localized heavy rain the biggest threat, especially in northeast NE and northwest IA. Rain will gradually come to an end from west to east on Tuesday morning, leading to a cooler and marginally breezy day. Highs should be in the upper 60s to lower 70s most locations. Near to slightly below normal temperatures will continue Wednesday and Thursday as westerly flow aloft allows for additional weak waves and periodic chances for showers and isolated thunderstorms. Right now any thunderstorm activity does not look to be severe. Saturday through Monday low pressure develops along the Canadian border and will swing a couple of weak waves southward through the area. This will bring spotty chances for showers and thunderstorms with fairly low chances for severe weather. With west to northwest flow aloft, mild temperatures near to above normal are expected, generally highs in the 70s to lower 80s. && .AVIATION /18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY/... Issued at 1238 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 Thunderstorms are expected to develop over southeast SD late this afternoon and expand in coverage through the night. The initial development from about 22z through 2z will see the highest potential for large hail, heavy rain and strong straight line winds. While an isolated strong to severe storm will be possible after sunset, it should transform to a more widespread rain with embedded thunder. It is also during this time where the best chance for MVFR ceilings will be, late tonight into Tuesday morning. && .FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...None. MN...None. IA...None. NE...None. && UPDATE...SG DISCUSSION...08 AVIATION...08
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD 359 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ013-014-SDZ056-062-066-067-069>071-032100- Lyon-Osceola-Dickinson-Sioux-O'Brien-Clay-Plymouth-Cherokee- Buena Vista-Woodbury-Ida-Lincoln-Murray-Cottonwood-Nobles-Jackson- Pipestone-Rock-Dixon-Dakota-Moody-Minnehaha-Turner-Yankton-Union- 359 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Iowa, west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, east central South Dakota and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered strong to severe storms are expected to form along a cold front stretching from south eastern South Dakota into southwestern Minnesota this afternoon. These storms will move slowly southeast through the evening and overnight hours. Thunderstorms will be capable of ping-pong ball size hail and 65 mph winds. Periods of moderate to heavy rain are possible through the night. A brief return of Canadian wildfire smoke is expected behind the cold front tonight. Minor deterioration in visibility and air quality are possible during the late evening to overnight hours mainly across portions of southeastern SD and southwestern MN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Canadian wildfire smoke lingers into the day on Tuesday, mainly east of I-29. Minor deterioration in visibility and air quality are possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>065-068-032100- Beadle-Kingsbury-Brookings-Gregory-Jerauld-Sanborn-Miner-Lake-Brule- Aurora-Davison-Hanson-McCook-Charles Mix-Douglas-Hutchinson- Bon Homme- 359 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central South Dakota and southeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Could see a brief return of Canadian wildfire smoke behind the cold front tonight. Minor deterioration in visibility and air quality are possible during the late evening to overnight hours mainly across portions of southeastern SD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
422 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0416 PM Hail 7 S Rock Valley 43.10N 96.31W
06/02/2025 M1.00 Inch Sioux IA Public
Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
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TRMPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
426 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM Hail 7 W Sioux Center 43.09N 96.31W
06/02/2025 E0.75 Inch Sioux IA Public
Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).
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TRMPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
431 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0412 PM Hail 7 WNW Sioux Center 43.10N 96.31W
06/02/2025 M1.50 Inch Sioux IA Public
Half dollar to ping pong size hail.
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JCPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
512 PM CDT Mon Jun 2 2025
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0506 PM Hail Rushmore 43.63N 95.79W
06/02/2025 M0.75 Inch Nobles MN Public
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JCThe Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large trees limbs were brought down by thunderstorm winds. One large tree was blown over and was leaning on a house.
A portion of a storage building was destroyed by thunderstorm wind gusts.
A machine shed was destroyed with debris blown across Burbank road. A few large limbs were broken off trees. A few grain bins were dented by the wind.
Thunderstorm winds caused tree and structural damage to an agricultural-themed event venue. The fence at the property was also blown over. Large grain bins were also dented inward approximately 1 mile to the southeast of this property on Burbank Road.
Large trees were blown down across Burbank Road.
Ping pong to golf ball size hail occurred between mile markers 19 and 22 on Interstate 29. A semi truck ran into another semi truck in the adjoining lane and forced it off the road due to poor visibility during hail, wind, and heavy rain.
Periodic quarter to ping pong ball size hail occurred around Elk Point for a few minutes. Hail of varying size accumulated to several inches.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1278141, 1278134, 1278150, 1278135, 1278136, 1278158, 1278137, 1278155, 1278153, 1278138, 1278139.