Hail, Custer
- When
- May 10, 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 8 mi NE of Dewey
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.617, -103.917
Hail in South Dakota, May 10, 2004
1 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
- 1
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 May 10, 7:30 PM MST, 2 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 7:30 PM MST, 2 hours before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
830 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004
.DISCUSSION...LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES LOW OVER WRN WYOMING. VERY
TIGHT PRESS GRADIENT OVER NE WY/WRN SD. SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL
COOLING CLOUD TOPS OVER CONVECTION OVER NE WY WITH INCREASING MID
AND HIGH CLOUDS OVER CWA. KUDX RADAR INDC FEW ISOLD TSTM OVER NE
WY...SOME STORMS SEVERE.
HAVE UPDATED FORECAST TO INCLUDE SOUTH CENT SD COUNTIES IN WIND ADVY
FOR TONIGHT. 850MB WINDS AROUND 50-55KT WITH TIGHT PRESS GRADIENT
WILL KEEP ADVY CRITERIA WINDS OVER NIGHT. WINDS WILL KEEP BL WELL
MIXED AND ALLOW OVERNIGHT TEMPS TO REMAIN WARMER THAN THEY WOULD
OTHERWISE BE. HAVE ALSO MADE SKIES MOCLOUDY AS INCREASING CLOUDS
WILL PERSIST OVER CWA THROUGH NIGHT.
&&
.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
.SD...HIGH WIND WARNING CENTRAL AND NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND
NORTHERN FOOTHILLS TONIGHT.
WIND ADVISORY SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS TONIGHT.
.WY...HIGH WIND WARNING TONIGHT FOR BEAR LODGE MOUNTAINS.
99Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 5:00 AM MST, 16 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 600 AM MDT MON MAY 10 2004 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-111200- BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON- HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS- NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY- SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP- WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH- 600 AM MDT (700 AM CDT) MON MAY 10 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH AND WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ON TUESDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 10, 4:52 PM MST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
552 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND GST 15 SE GILLETTE 44.13N 105.30W
05/10/2004 60 MPH CAMPBELL WY TRAINED SPOTTER
60 MPH WINDS LASTING ABOUT 15 MINUTES.
&&
EKSpecial weather statement, May 10, 6:31 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 731 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004 WYZ054>058-071-110152- NORTHEASTERN CROOK-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK- WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS- 731 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 178 THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING THROUGH THE EVENING.
Local storm report, May 10, 8:28 PM MST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
928 PM MDT MON MAY 10 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0918 PM HAIL 3 E ROCHELLE 43.59N 104.94W
05/10/2004 1.00 INCH WESTON WY TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZE HAIL, ENOUGH TO WHITEN THE GROUND.
&&
EKThe radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 10, 2004
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, May 10, 2004
- High Wind in Idaho, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 10, 2004
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 10, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Utah, May 10, 2004
- Flooding in Iowa, May 10 to 12, 2004
- Lightning Strikes in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Kansas, May 10 to 11, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 10, 2004
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, May 2004
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: 5398469.