South Dakota, 2013

Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 2013

July 22, 2013 · NWS UNR · 8 events in 4 counties and zones

A severe thunderstorm moved from Wyoming across the central and southern Black Hills and into the southwestern South Dakota plains before weakening. Large hail was reported from Deerfield Reservoir to Oglala.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$40,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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 moved from Wyoming across the central and southern Black Hills and into the southwestern South Dakota plains before weakening. Large hail was reported from Deerfield Reservoir to Oglala.

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 5:31 PM MST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
631 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2013

WYZ056-057-230115-
WESTERN CROOK WY-WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY-
631 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL CROOK COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
MDT...

AT 629 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BEULAH TO CARLILE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  SUNDANCE...

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 168 AND
202...

&&

LAT...LON 4436 10406 4428 10467 4465 10494 4469 10467
      4462 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 0031Z 307DEG 34KT 4444 10415 4447 10475

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:54 UTC.

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Event by event

8 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When
July 22, 5:56 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, 2.83 mi SE of Deerfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.994, -103.786

Hail, Pennington

When
July 22, 6:00 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, 0.58 mi NW of Deerfield
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
44.025, -103.839

Hail, Custer

When
July 22, 6:50 PM MST
Where
Custer County, 4 mi S of Pringle
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
43.542, -103.600

Hail, Fall River

When
July 22, 7:10 PM MST
Where
Fall River County, 0.85 mi NE of Angostura Reservoir
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.350, -103.430

Hail, Fall River

When
July 22, 7:15 PM MST
Where
Fall River County, 4.8 mi ESE of Hot Springs
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
43.403, -103.392

Hail, Fall River

When
July 22, 7:30 PM MST
Where
Fall River County, Oelrichs
Measured
1.25 in hail
Property damage
$15,000
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
43.180, -103.230

Hail, Fall River

When
July 22, 7:42 PM MST
Where
Fall River County, 3.88 mi S of Oelrichs
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
43.124, -103.230

Hail, Oglala Lakota

When
July 22, 8:10 PM MST
Where
Oglala Lakota County, 0.5 mi E of Oglala
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$5,000
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
43.180, -102.740

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 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 466588, 470405, 466590, 466592, 466594, 466595, 466597, 466599.