South Dakota, 2008

Hail in South Dakota, June 20, 2008

June 20, 2008 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm produced nickel sized hail near Hill City.

Where it happened

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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 happened

The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.

A severe thunderstorm produced nickel sized hail near Hill City.

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 20, 8:42 AM MST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 8:42 AM MST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 6:00 AM MST, 7 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
700 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2008

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-211300-
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-
700 AM MDT (800 AM CDT) FRI JUN 20 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES
CROSS THE REGION. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE BLACK
HILLS...AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN
THREAT...WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE AREA THIS WEEKEND. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE
ALSO EXPECTED DURING THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND
WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When
June 20, 1:00 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, 3 mi SE of Hill City
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
43.889, -103.487

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 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2008

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: 100545.