A cold front moved through the eastern half of South Dakota during the evening and overnight hours of May 29th, fueling a line of thunderstorms which developed around 7 PM CDT and propagated eastward thereafter. Hail up to baseball size and rainfall over 2.5 inches was reported in portions of south central South Dakota in association with these storms. The following is a summary of severe weather reported on May 29th and 24 hour rainfall totals through the morning of May 30th.
Green triangles = hail reports, blue dots = severe wind gusts
.SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS... LOCATION REPORT ------------ ------------ 2 E KEYAPAHA 1.25 INCH HAIL 7 E CLEARFIELD 1.50 INCH HAIL 8 SSW KEYAPAHA 1.75 INCH HAIL COLOME 2.75 INCH HAIL 3 WSW MILLBORO 2.00 INCH HAIL 1 SW DIXON 1.50 INCH HAIL 3 NNW DIXON 1.00 INCH HAIL 1 SW DIXON 60 MPH WIND GUST 3 NE CHAMBERLAIN 60 MPH WIND GUST .24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS... LOCATION REPORT ------------ ------------ CHAMBERLAIN 2.51 INCHES PICKSTOWN 1.61 INCHES WINNER 1.55 INCHES WAGNER 1.25 INCHES 6 NE TYNDALL 1.20 INCHES SENECA 1.15 INCHES ROSCOE 1.10 INCHES MITCHELL 0.78 INCHES YANKTON 0.73 INCHES ABERDEEN 0.66 INCHES PIERRE 0.62 INCHES HURON 0.58 INCHES MURDO 0.58 INCHES MADISON 0.46 INCHES WINFRED 0.45 INCHES 8 NE COLUMBIA 0.44 INCHES TURTON 0.40 INCHES VERMILLION 0.39 INCHES WALL LAKE 0.37 INCHES WATERTOWN 0.35 INCHES 9 NW BRITTON 0.30 INCHES PINE RIDGE 0.25 INCHES WILMONT 0.24 INCHES SIOUX FALLS 0.23 INCHES EROS DATA CENTER 0.22 INCHES ROY LAKE 0.18 INCHES SISSETON 0.12 INCHES CLEAR LAKE 0.10 INCHES BROOKINGS 0.04 INCHES PHILIP 0.04 INCHES MOBRIDGE 0.02 INCHES $$