Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 22, 6:06 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 3 mi N of Keystone
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -103.417
Hail in South Dakota, June 22, 2005
A supercell thunderstorm developed across the central Black Hills and produced hail to the size of golf balls from Hill City to north of Keystone.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Marine and coastal
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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 supercell thunderstorm developed across the central Black Hills and produced hail to the size of golf balls from Hill City to north of Keystone.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:04 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 22, 6:23 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 2 mi NE of Hill City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.933, -103.500
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, June 22, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 22, 2005
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: 5455433, 5455434.