Hail, Tripp
- When
- May 7, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp County, 7 mi E of Clearfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.167, -99.900
Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 2002
A single thunderstorm moved from Nebraska into Tripp County. This storm became severe after crossing the state line and produced dime to nickle sized hail.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A single thunderstorm moved from Nebraska into Tripp County. This storm became severe after crossing the state line and produced dime to nickle sized hail.
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 May 7, 10:00 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 10:00 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1000 AM MDT TUE MAY 7 2002 SHSN CURRENTLY OCCURRING IN FAR NW SD ATTM. EXPECT THESE TO CONTINUE THRU MUCH OF THE AFTN AS S/W MOVES ACRS AREA. LO CLDS WL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER AREA THRU THE DAY AS E-SE LL WINDS CONTINUE. ALSO LKS LIKE THERE WL BE ENOUGH LIFT AROUND FOR SCT SHRA TO OCCUR THRU THE REMAINDER OF THE CWA THRU THE AFTN AS WELL. UPDATED ZNS TO LWR TEMPS IN MOST AREAS A FEW DEG AND TO TAKE OUT THE MRNG WORDING OF FZDZ AND FG AS MOST AREAS HAVE GD VSBYS EXCEPT WHERE SOME SHRA ARE OCCURRING. .UNR...WINTER STORM WATCH FAR NORTHWEST SD TONIGHT. JMG
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tripp
- When
- May 7, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp County, Millboro
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.067, -99.967
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7 to 11, 2002
- Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, May 7 to 9, 2002
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Kansas, May 7 to 8, 2002
- High Wind in Idaho, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flood in Alaska, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 7, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 7, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 7, 2002
More
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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: 5291552, 5291553.