Hail, Campbell
- When
- August 26, 7:52 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, 8 mi N of Gillette
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -105.483
Hail in Wyoming, August 26, 2002
3 hail, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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, 6:00 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:00 PM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 700 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002 HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO REMOVE SVR TSTM WATCH FROM SHANNON AND FALL RIVER COUNTIES. ADDTNL SHWS/TSTMS IN NE WY WL SPREAD EAST ACRS FA AS S/W APPROACHES. .UNR...NONE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 26, 2:23 PM MST, 5 hours 29 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 BOXELDERLocal storm report, Aug 26, 2:45 PM MST, 5 hours 7 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 CAMPGROUNDLocal storm report, Aug 26, 3:24 PM MST, 4 hours 28 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.Special weather statement, Aug 26, 4:19 PM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SDZ002-013-014-024>026-028>032-043-044-046-047-049-072>074-270330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 519 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 637 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR MOST OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES PERKINS...ZIEBACH...TODD...TRIPP...HAAKON...MELLETTE... BENNETT...JACKSON...PENNINGTON...MEADE...CUSTER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES.
Local storm report, Aug 26, 4:33 PM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
533 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0435 PM WIND CAVE SD 1.5 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 CUSTER WIND CAVE PARK RANGER
0458 PM 3 NW BUFFALO GAP SD .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 CUSTER EVENT DURATION 4
MINUTES. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.
0500 PM 4 NW ORAL SD 1.5 INCH HAIL
08/26/02 FALL RIVER HAIL COVERED THE
GROUND. REPORTED BY
PUBLIC.Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:45 PM MST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
SDZ027-041-042-270300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 645 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 641 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES SHANNON AND FALL RIVER COUNTIES.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Campbell
- When
- August 26, 7:55 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, 10 mi W of Gillette
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.283, -105.683
Hail, Campbell
- When
- August 26, 8:20 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, 1 mi S of Gillette
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.267, -105.483
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
- Hail in Wyoming, August 26, 2002
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 26, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, August 26, 2002
- Heat in Missouri, August 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 26, 2002
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26 to 27, 2002
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 26, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 26, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 26, 2002
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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: 5310829, 5310830, 5310831.