Name: Hail in South Dakota, July 19, 2013
Start: 2013-07-19T15:13
End: 2013-07-19T15:30
Location: South Dakota

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $150,000
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 large hail from downtown Rapid City to Rapid Valley.

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 Jul 19, 1:10 PM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 1:10 PM MST, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 1:05 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
205 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2013

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-201300-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-
SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-
NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
205 PM MDT FRI JUL 19 2013 /305 PM CDT FRI JUL 19 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST
WYOMING AND MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT. A FEW
STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL BEING THE MAIN THREAT.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS WEEKEND. ALTHOUGH
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...THE BEST CHANCE FOR A FEW
SEVERE STORMS IS SATURDAY FROM THE SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS INTO SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...
OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

JC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 19, 3:00 PM MST, 13 minutes before

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When: July 19, 3:13 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, Rapid City
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $150,000
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 44.080, -103.220

Hail, Pennington

When: July 19, 3:15 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 3.46 mi ESE of Rapid City to 3.33 mi WSW of (Rap)rapid City Arpt
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.062, -103.155

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

More

Every storm in South Dakota in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 2013

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: 463945, 471111.