1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 27, 7:45 PM MST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY 845 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2002 WATER VAPOUR SHOWED LEAD SHORTWAVE OVER CENTRAL SD WITH WEAKER WAVE OVER CENTRAL WY. WEAKER WAVE SUPPORTING A BKN LINE OF CONVECTION OVER NORTHEAST WY WITH SOME GUSTY WINDS. THIS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CWA OVERNIGHT. GOING FORECAST UPDATES OK. .UNR...NONE. HELGESON
SDZ012>014-024>032-041-272330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 501 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345 CANCELLED FOR PART OF THE AREA... AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT HOT SPRINGS TO PHILIP ARE NO LONGER IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...900 PM CDT...FOR AREAS SOUTH AND EAST OF HOT SPRINGS AND PHILIP. THIS INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF SHANNON...MELLETTE...BENNETT...TODD... TRIPP AND JACKSON.
SDZ042>044-046-047-049-280045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 540 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 347 REPLACES NUMBER 345... A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... 1100 PM MDT...FOR TODD...MELLETTE...BENNETT AND TRIPP COUNTIES IN SOUTH DAKOTA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 345 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SHANNON AND JACKSON COUNTIES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
657 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0545 PM 10 SW ST FRANCIS SD 1.25 INCH HAIL
05/27/02 TODD REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0620 PM 8 W SPEARFISH SD .75 INCH HAIL
05/27/02 LAWRENCE REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
WFO UNR STAFFSDZ044-046-047-049-280140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 724 PM MDT MON MAY 27 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 347 IS CANCELLED... THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE AREA INTO NEBRASKA. HENCE...THE WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A single severe thunderstorm moved across the Black Hills portion of Pennington County, producing nickle sized hail.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, May 2002
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: 5291557.