Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 2009

Name: Hail in South Dakota, June 13, 2009
Start: 2009-06-13T14:40
End: 2009-06-13T16:40
Location: South Dakota

June 13, 2009 · NWS UNR · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

Severe thunderstorms developed over Fall River County and moved slowly eastward into Shannon County, producing hail to the size of quarters.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 over Fall River County and moved slowly eastward into Shannon County, producing hail to the size of quarters.

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 13, 1:45 PM MST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:45 PM MST, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:55 AM MST, 11 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
355 AM MDT SAT JUN 13 2009

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-141300-
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-
355 AM MDT (455 AM CDT) SAT JUN 13 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A CHANCE OF AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST
WYOMING...AND FAR WESTERN AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT...WIDESPREAD
SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE BLACK
HILLS...AND SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
AS MULTIPLE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES MOVE THROUGH THE REGION.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 1:51 PM MST, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 2:01 PM MST, 39 minutes before

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:39 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fall River

When: June 13, 2:40 PM MST to 2:42 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 1.43 mi NE of Oelrichs
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.216, -103.132

Hail, Fall River

When: June 13, 3:00 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 2.6 mi ENE of Oelrichs
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.214, -103.102

Hail, Oglala Lakota

When: June 13, 3:45 PM MST
Where: Oglala Lakota County, 6.98 mi W of Oglala
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.189, -102.888

Hail, Oglala Lakota

When: June 13, 4:40 PM MST
Where: Oglala Lakota County, 6.53 mi SE of Oglala
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.120, -102.650

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2009

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: 164996, 164997, 164998, 164999.