A line of thunderstorm brought much needed rain to the area last night. However damaging hail and winds also accompanied the storms. A tornado was reported south of Redfield shortly after 5:30 PM. There have been no confirmed damage reports from that twister or a second tornado reported by a storm chaser just after six PM, three miles south of Conde, in Spink County. Outdoor warning sirens were sounded in Hitchcock, Huron and Cavour as a number of wind reports came in in excess of 75 miles an hour. One and three quarter inch hail was reported eight miles south southwest of Hitchcock at 6:30 and hail between an inch and inch and a quarter was reported in Huron. Mostly small branches were reported down in Huron. The storm also knocked down a small section of outfield fence at the Memorial Park Baseball field where the Teener Baseball Tournament is being held Point 4-7 inches of rain was picked up at the Performance Radio studios. A complete list of storm reports from Friday night can be seen with this story on our website at w-w-w dot performance dash radio dot com
- 0544 PM TSTM WND GST 5 S MELLETTE E80 MPH SPINK 70-80 MPH
- 0540 PM TSTM WND GST REDFIELD E80 MPH SPINK SD
- 70-80 MPH WIND LARGE BRANCHES DOWN QUARTER SIZED HAIL AND 0.94 INCHES RAIN
- 0559 PM TSTM WND GST DOLAND E60 MPH SPINK
- 0605 PM TORNADO 3 S CONDE SPINKSTORM CHASER BRIIEF TOUCHDOWN 1 2 MILES SW OF LOCATION IN CORNFIELD
- 0608 PM HAIL DOLAND E1.00 INCH SPINK 50 MPH
- 0615 PM TSTM WND GST RAYMOND E60 MPH CLARK
- 0607 PM TSTM WND GST TURTON E80 MPH SPINK SD WIND 70-80 MPH0.85 INCHES OF RAIN
- 0627 PM HAIL 7 SW HITCHCOCK E1.00 INCH BEADLE
- 0646 PM HAIL 5 ESE BROADLAND E1.00 INCH BEADLE
- 0629 PM HAIL 8 SSW HITCHCOCK E1.75 INCH BEADLE
- 0652 PM TSTM WND GST 2 NNW HURON M78 MPH BEADLE
- 0655 PM HAIL HURON M1.25 INCH BEADLE SD
- SMALL 1 TO 2 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN
- 0729 PM TSTM WND GST 3 N MITCHELL M79 MPH DAVISON