South Dakota, 2008

Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 2008

June 18, 2008 · NWS UNR · 5 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms developed across southern Perkins County and moved slowly southward across northern Meade County.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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.

Severe thunderstorms developed across southern Perkins County and moved slowly southward across northern Meade County.

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 18, 9:30 AM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 9:30 AM MST, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 10:00 AM MST, 1 hour 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1100 AM MDT WED JUN 18 2008

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-191300-
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-
1100 AM MDT (1200 PM CDT) WED JUN 18 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER
WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA....ALONG WITH OVER
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSES THE
NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AS THE MAIN THREAT...THOUGH
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THERE IS ALSO THE
POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE A
TORNADO. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST THREAT FOR THIS WILL BE OVER
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA CLOSE TO THE NEBRASKA
BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...
WITH THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE
ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...PARTICULARLY
SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BUFFALO TO MARTIN. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. THE THREAT
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER OVER WESTERN AND PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
SOUTH DAKOTA...ALONG WITH OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...PARTICULARLY OVER SOUTHWEST
INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.

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Event by event

5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Perkins

When
June 18, 11:17 AM MST to 11:37 AM MST
Where
Perkins County, 15 mi E of Zeona
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
45.200, -102.622

Hail, Meade

When
June 18, 12:30 PM MST
Where
Meade County, 7 mi ESE of Maurine
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.981, -102.468

Hail, Meade

When
June 18, 12:56 PM MST
Where
Meade County, 10 mi E of Opal
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
44.900, -102.276

Hail, Meade

When
June 18, 1:50 PM MST
Where
Meade County, 11 mi NE of Red Owl
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.813, -102.391

Hail, Meade

When
June 18, 3:32 PM MST
Where
Meade County, 10 mi NW of Union Center
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.672, -102.814

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

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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: 95132, 95135, 95136, 95138, 95144.