Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 17, 1:49 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- NWS Employee
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.220
Hail in South Dakota, August 17, 2010
A thunderstorm briefly became severe over downtown Rapid City and produced hail to half dollar size.
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
- $20,000
- 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 thunderstorm briefly became severe over downtown Rapid City and produced hail to half dollar size.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, August 17 to 19, 2010
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 17, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flood and Heavy Rain in Alabama, August 17, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flood and Flood in Tennessee, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 17, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Texas, August 17, 2010
- Flood in Kansas, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, August 17, 2010
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 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: 248457.