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
A severe thunderstorm produced nickel sized hail near Hill City.
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The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm produced nickel sized hail near Hill City.
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.
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</html>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 Rapid City radar (KUDX), 59 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2008
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.