South Dakota, 2003

Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2003

June 24, 2003 · NWS UNR · 7 events in 3 counties and zones

Afternoon convection began over the Black Hills and moved onto the adjacent plains, producing dime to half dollar sized hail before quickly dissipating.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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.

Afternoon convection began over the Black Hills and moved onto the adjacent plains, producing dime to half dollar sized hail before quickly dissipating.

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 24, 12:30 PM MST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 12:30 PM MST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When
June 24, 5:55 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, Mt Rushmore
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.883, -103.450

Hail, Custer

When
June 24, 6:03 PM MST to 6:10 PM MST
Where
Custer County, 6 mi SW of Hermosa
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.767, -103.267

Hail, Pennington

When
June 24, 6:15 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, 1 mi W of Caputa
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.000, -103.000

Hail, Pennington

When
June 24, 6:20 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, Rapid City
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.083, -103.217

Hail, Pennington

When
June 24, 6:40 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, 7 mi N of Owanka
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.117, -102.583

Hail, Meade

When
June 24, 6:53 PM MST
Where
Meade County, Elm Spgs
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.317, -102.517

Hail, Pennington

When
June 24, 7:22 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, 17 mi NNE of Creighton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.483, -102.067

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

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5364854, 5364853, 5364935, 5364936, 5364937, 5365215, 5365214.