Hail, Custer
- When
- May 23, 3:43 PM MST to 3:50 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, Wind Cave
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -103.483
Hail in South Dakota, May 23, 2004
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.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:43 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- May 23, 5:55 PM MST to 6:10 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 11 mi N of Porcupine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -102.333
Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- May 23, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, Sharps Corner
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 43.383, -102.400
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 Flooding and Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 23, 2004
- Flooding in Michigan, May 23 to 24, 2004
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Illinois, May 23, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Illinois, May 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, May 23, 2004
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, May 23, 2004
- Flood in Puerto Rico, May 23, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, May 23, 2004
- Flood in Wisconsin, May 23 to 31, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 23, 2004
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in New York, May 23 to 24, 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: 5398668, 5398669, 5398670.