South Dakota, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 20, 2002

July 20, 2002 · NWS UNR · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. 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

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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 Jul 20, 1:20 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 1:20 PM MST, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 20, 4:02 PM MST, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
502 PM MDT SAT JUL 20 2002

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

1250 AM    8 NW USTA                 SD   1 INCH HAIL
07/20/02   PERKINS                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1250 AM    8 NW USTA                 SD   WIND DAMAGE
07/20/02   PERKINS                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0130 AM    2 W GLAD VLY              SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
07/20/02   ZIEBACH                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. TREE BRANCHES
                                          BROKEN.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Meade

When
July 20, 4:07 PM MST
Where
Meade County, 2 mi N of Black Hawk
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.183, -103.300

Thunderstorm Wind, Meade

When
July 20, 4:07 PM MST
Where
Meade County, 2 mi N of Black Hawk
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.183, -103.300

What these are

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

More

Every storm in South Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5304757, 5304758.