Hail, Custer
- When
- August 16, 1:25 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 11.73 mi E of Buffalo Gap
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.513, -103.087
Hail in South Dakota, August 16, 2010
A thunderstorm produced penny sized hail east of Buffalo Gap.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 thunderstorm produced penny sized hail east of Buffalo Gap.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:25 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 16, 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 6.71 mi SSE of Fairburn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.596, -103.154
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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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Utah, August 16 to 19, 2010
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, August 16, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, August 16, 2010
- Flash Flood in Arizona, August 16, 2010
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in New Jersey, August 16, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 16, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 16, 2010
- Flash Flooding in New Mexico, August 16, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, August 16, 2010
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 257825, 257821.