Hail, Meade
- When
- June 7, 2:02 PM MDT to 2:25 PM MDT
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The hail caused extensive damage to vehicles.
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 1994
7 hail, 5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $65,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
Event by event
7 hail, 5 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Meade
- When
- June 7, 2:47 PM MDT to 3:03 PM MDT
- Where
- Meade County, Rapid City to Ellsworth to
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 2:56 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, Blackhawk
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 3:03 PM MDT to 3:57 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, Nemo to New Underwood
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 4:10 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 4:15 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, Wasta
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winds toppled a large trailer being pulled along Interstate 90.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 4:22 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, Wasta
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous windshields were broken.
Tornado, Zeibach
- When
- June 7, 4:35 PM MDT
- Where
- Zeibach County, Dupree
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Harding
- When
- June 7, 4:44 PM MDT
- Where
- Harding County, Buffalo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 4:50 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, Wasta to 10 N to Wall
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 800 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Numerous sightings were reported of this large tornado which was visble to National Weather Service personnel 40 miles away.
Hail, Zeibach
- When
- June 7, 4:55 PM MDT
- Where
- Zeibach County, Glad Valley
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 5:00 PM MDT to 6:50 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, Wall to Haakon/Stanley Cos
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some ranch buildings were damaged in Stanley County.
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- June 7, 7:10 PM MDT
- Where
- Pennington County, To 5 W Hayes
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Some ranch buildings were damaged in Stanley County.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 7, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, June 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 7, 1994
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 7, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, June 7, 1994
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Montana, June 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 7, 1994
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 7, 1994
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10346385, 10346386, 10346610, 10346611, 10346612, 10346613, 10346614, 10349219, 10346641, 10346615, 10349220, 10346616, 10346617.