Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 2002

Name: Hail in South Dakota, August 26, 2002
Start: 2002-08-26T15:35
End: 2002-08-26T15:58
Location: South Dakota

August 26, 2002 · NWS UNR · 2 events in 1 county or zone

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 26, 1:45 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 1:45 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
245 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES LOW OVER NRN CO WITH INVERTED TROF
EXTENDING N ALONG THE THE WY/SD BORDER. KUDX RADAR INDC SCT
TSTMS...MANY OF WHICH HAVE PRODUCED SEVERE WX. WITH SVR TSTM WATCH
OVER MOST SD ZONES WILL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

12Z MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT OVER NRN PLAINS.
PERSISTENT UPPER LOW OVER WRN U.S. WILL KEEP SW FLOW ALOFT OVER NRN
STATES. THIS WILL SEND A SERIES OF WEAK WAVES ACROSS THE CWFA. WITH
STEEP LAPSE RATES AND MARGINAL MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON
HEATING...CHC POPS ARE JUSTIFIED NRLY EVERY DAY THROUGH DAY 7. WILL
ANTICIPATE AFTERNOON/EVE CONVECTION ORGANIZING INTO MCS TONIGHT AND
TUE NIGHT AS S/WV ENERGY MOVES ACROSS REGION. A PARTICULARLY STRONG
S/WV IS PROGGED TO MOVE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS LATE THU/FRI...WILL
ANTICIPATE SLY WINDS TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THIS WAVE. TEMP ADVECT IN
THIS PATTERN IS NOT TOO STRONG SO WILL ANTICIPATE HIGHS AND LOWS TO
REMAIN STEADY THROUGH FORECAST PERIODS.

MODEL GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD AND IS SHOWING GOOD AGREEMENT. HIGHS ARE A
BIT LOW IN EARLY PERIODS...BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS REASONABLE.

.UNR...NONE
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 1:34 PM MST, 2 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
234 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0230 PM    12 S ELM SPGS             SD   4.5 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   MEADE                          HAIL RANGING IN SIZE
                                          FROM GOLFBALL TO
                                          SOFTBALL SIZED HAIL 12
                                          MILES SOUTH OF ELM
                                          SPRINGS NEAR THE
                                          PENNINGTON COUNTY BORDER

Local storm report, Aug 26, 1:38 PM MST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
238 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0215 PM    6 SW ELM SPGS             SD   1.5 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   MEADE

0215 PM    1 N WICKSVILLE            SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   PENNINGTON                     MORE THAN 7 MINUTES OF
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

Local storm report, Aug 26, 1:44 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO TIME OF REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
244 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0231 PM    1 N WICKSVILLE            SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   PENNINGTON                     MORE THAN 7 MINUTES OF
                                          GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:23 PM MST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
323 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0245 PM    BOXELDER                  SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   PENNINGTON                     HAIL REPORTED AT I-90
                                          EXIT AT BOXELDER

Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:45 PM MST, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
345 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0344 PM    3 SW CUSTER               SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   CUSTER                         HAIL REPORTED AT BEAVER
                                          LAKE CAMPGROUND

Local storm report, Aug 26, 3:24 PM MST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
424 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0344 PM    3 SW CUSTER               SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0351 PM    2 S MYSTIC                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0412 PM    PRINGLE                   SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Custer

When: August 26, 3:35 PM MST
Where: Custer County, Wind Cave
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.550, -103.483

Hail, Custer

When: August 26, 3:58 PM MST
Where: Custer County, 3 mi NW of Buffalo Gap
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.533, -103.367

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, August 2002

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: 5310826, 5310827.