Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 2, 11:00 AM MST to 11:15 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City to 12 mi of Rapid City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.470
Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
7 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 2, 11:15 AM MST to 11:20 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.220
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 2, 11:20 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 5 mi SW of Rapid City
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -103.280
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 2, 11:25 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 7 mi S of Rapid City
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -103.220
Hail, Meade
- When
- August 2, 12:50 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, Piedmont
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -103.380
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 2, 3:12 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 7 mi S of Wall
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -102.230
MAJOR AUTOMOBILE DAMAGE REPORTED
Hail, Jackson
- When
- August 2, 3:38 PM MST to 4:48 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson County, 5 mi W of Cedar Pass
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -102.050
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- August 2, 3:38 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson County, 5 mi W of Cedar Pass
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
GRAVEL ROADS WASHED OUT IN BADLANDS NATIONAL PARK
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, August 2 to 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Montana, August 2 to 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 2, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 2, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 2 to 3, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 2, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 1997
- Cold in Alabama, August 2, 1997
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, August 1997
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: 5614410, 5614409, 5614411, 5614412, 5614413, 5614414, 5614415, 5614416.