Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 2002

Name: Hail in South Dakota, June 2, 2002
Start: 2002-06-02T19:00
End: 2002-06-02T20:05
Location: South Dakota

June 2, 2002 · NWS UNR · 7 events in 1 county or zone

Severe thunderstorms moved across Fall River County producing large hail. A headlight was broken on a vehicle by golf ball sized hail 5 miles south of Hot Springs.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 happened

The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.

Severe thunderstorms moved across Fall River County producing large hail. A headlight was broken on a vehicle by golf ball sized hail 5 miles south of Hot Springs.

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 Jun 2, 12:50 PM MST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 12:50 PM MST, 6 hours 10 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY
150 PM MDT SUN JUN 02 2002

...THREAT OF SVR WX AGAIN TONIGHT...

UPR LVL LOW ACRS NRN ROCKIES...WITH BROAD SW FLOW ALOFT ACRS NRN
PLAINS. SFC TROF EXTENDS FROM ERN WY INTO ERN MT. MAIN CONCERN SVR
WX THREAT TONIGHT.

18Z RUC INDICATING MORE INSTABILITY THAN PREVIOUS RUNS...WITH MUCAPE
RISING TO 2000-2500 J/KG ACRS NERN WY. CAP HAS ERODED THIS AREA AND
CONVECTION ALREADY TAKING PLACE JUST W OF CWFA AS STRONG SHORT WAVE
APPROACHES.  LATEST PROGGED HODOGRAPHS FAVOR SPLITTING SUPERCELLS.
LCLS A BIT TOO HIGH TO SUPPORT MUCH TORNADIC DEVELOPMENT.
INSTABILITY AXIS THEN MOVES ACRS BLACK HILLS AND SWRN SD THIS EVE
WHERE FOCUS OF ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT. MOISTURE IS CERTAINLY IN PLACE
(52F DEWPOINT AT KCUT AT 19Z). CAPPING STILL QUITE STRONG ACROSS S
CNTRL BUT LIKE LAST NIGHT EXPECT STRONG FORCING TO OVERCOME.  LESS
INSTABILITY FOR NORTHERN ZONES...SO EXPECT MOST ACTIVITY TO OCCUR
GENERALLY SOUTH I-90.

AS UPPER LOW MOVES ACRS NRN PLAINS ON MON-TUE COOLER AIR WILL FILTER
INTO AREA AND UNSETTLED WX WILL CONTINUE...ALTHOUGH THREAT OF STRONG
CONVECTION WILL BE ON THE DECREASE.  UPR RIDGING THEN BUILDS BACK
INTO REGION WED FOR BEGINNING OF WARMING TREND.

EXTENDED...DRY AND WARMER THRU THU...WITH SW FLOW RETURNING ON FRI.
STRONG UPR TROF WORKS ACRS NRN PLAINS FRI-SUN FOR COOLING TREND AND
UNSETTLED WX.  PROGGED STRENGTH OF TROF/COLD AIR QUITE IMPRESSIVE
FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR...BUT THEN AGAIN ITS SEVERAL DAYS OUT.

.UNR...SVR TSTM WATCH NERN WY.
JOHNSON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:16 PM MST, 2 hours 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
516 PM MDT SUN JUN 02 2002

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

0350 PM    16 NW WRIGHT              WY   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   CAMPBELL

0410 PM    7 S WYODAK                WY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   CAMPBELL

0429 PM    6 S ROZET                 WY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   CAMPBELL

0430 PM    12 W UPTON                WY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   WESTON

0437 PM    12 W UPTON                WY   1 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   WESTON

0445 PM    NEW HAVEN                 WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/02   CROOK                          6 INCH TREE BRANCH
                                          BLOWN DOWN

0501 PM    8 NW MOORCROFT            WY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/02   CROOK                          PINE HAVEN/KEYHOLE
                                          RESERVIOR

0510 PM    1 NW UPTON                WY   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   WESTON                         LARGE DRIFTS OF HAIL

Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:05 PM MST, 55 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
705 PM MDT SUN JUN 02 2002

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

0520 PM    6 NE UPTON                WY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   WESTON

0520 PM    10 NE UPTON               WY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/02   WESTON

0545 PM    FOUR CORNERS              WY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/02   WESTON

0550 PM    16 SW LEAD                SD   WIND DAMAGE
06/02/02   LAWRENCE                       OUTBUILDING BLOWN OVER

0555 PM    OSAGE                     WY   .88 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   WESTON

0609 PM    OSAGE                     WY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/02   WESTON

Local storm report, Jun 2, 6:53 PM MST, 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
753 PM MDT SUN JUN 02 2002

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

0615 PM    6 NE NEWCASTLE            WY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/02/02   WESTON

0700 PM    3 E ROCHELLE              WY   .75 INCH HAIL
06/02/02   WESTON

The radar

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 7:00 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 2 mi S of Burdock
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.417, -103.667

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 7:20 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 2 mi NW of Burdock
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.467, -103.700

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 7:30 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 12 mi NE of Minnekahta
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.550, -103.517

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 7:50 PM MST to 7:52 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, Hot Spgs
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.433, -103.483

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 7:50 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 5 mi S of Hot Spgs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $50
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.367, -103.483

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 7:55 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 7 mi S of Hot Spgs
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.333, -103.483

Hail, Fall River

When: June 2, 8:05 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 4 mi E of Hot Spgs
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.433, -103.400

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, June 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: 5297434, 5297435, 5297436, 5297437, 5297438, 5297439, 5297440.