South Dakota, 2006

Hail in South Dakota, June 9, 2006

June 9, 2006 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

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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 Jun 9, 9:25 AM MST, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 9:25 AM MST, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 5:48 AM MST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
648 AM MDT FRI JUN 9 2006

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-101300-
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-
648 AM MDT (748 AM CDT) FRI JUN 9 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CUSTER...TO KADOKA...TO WINNER. THE MAIN
THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF
60 MPH OR GREATER.

A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL CONTINUE TO CROSS THE
REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT...BRINGING ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN IN PLACE JUST SOUTH OF
THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER DURING THE DAY. A FEW STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS COULD DEVELOP NEAR THIS BOUNDARY AND ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL
OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS...AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
THE MAIN CONCERNS WILL CONTINUE TO BE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.
HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO OR TWO IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS
NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA ON SATURDAY.

PERSISTENT SOUTHWEST UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO BRING WEAK
STORM SYSTEMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
THIS WILL RESULT IN A CHANCE OF MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 58 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Custer

When
June 9, 11:25 AM MST
Where
Custer County, 10 mi ENE of Custer
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates
43.817, -103.417

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2006

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: 5514081.