Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 2010

Name: Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 2010
Start: 2010-06-16T19:50
End: 2010-06-16T20:05
Location: South Dakota

June 16, 2010 · NWS UNR · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A severe thunderstorm produced hail to quarter size in the Creighton area.

Where it happened

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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 severe thunderstorm produced hail to quarter size in the Creighton area.

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 16, 6:57 PM MST, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:57 PM MST, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 10:41 AM MST, 9 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1141 AM MDT WED JUN 16 2010

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-171300-
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-
1141 AM MDT (1241 PM CDT) WED JUN 16 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM THURSDAY TO 600 PM
THURSDAY FOR THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FOOT HILLS AND FAR NORTHWEST
SOUTH DAKOTA...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 600 AM THURSDAY TO 600 PM THURSDAY
FOR THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A POTENT UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
AREA TODAY. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
PROGRESS EASTWARD INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAIN. ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION ON THURSDAY BRINGING
WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE AREA. THE STRONGEST WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED
ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN FOOT HILLS AND FAR NORTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA WHERE WESTERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60
MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO
AROUND 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE REST OF THE SOUTH DAKOTA
PLAINS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

WETENKAMP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:36 PM MST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
636 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0625 PM     TORNADO          4 W DUPREE              45.05N 101.67W
06/16/2010                   ZIEBACH            SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:52 PM MST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
652 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W DUPREE              45.05N 101.63W
06/16/2010                   ZIEBACH            SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POWER POLES DOWNED 1 TO 2 MILES WEST OF DUPREE ALONG
            HIGHWAY 212.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:33 PM MST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 6:52 PM MST, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:30 PM MST, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 16, 7:49 PM MST, 1 minute before

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:51 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When: June 16, 7:50 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 6.29 mi SE of Creighton
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.179, -102.121

Hail, Pennington

When: June 16, 8:05 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 13.8 mi NE of Creighton
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.398, -102.012

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 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2010

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: 230502, 230503.