Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2013

Name: Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 2013
Start: 2013-06-17T13:49
End: 2013-06-17T14:09
Location: South Dakota

June 17, 2013 · NWS UNR · 4 events in 1 county or zone

A thunderstorm developed just west of Rapid City and produced hail to quarter size across portions of the city.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 4

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 developed just west of Rapid City and produced hail to quarter size across portions of the city.

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 17, 1:18 PM MST, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:18 PM MST, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:49 AM MST, 8 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
649 AM MDT MON JUN 17 2013

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-181300-
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-
649 AM MDT (749 AM CDT) MON JUN 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING....THE BLACK HILLS AREA...AND SOUTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY AND THIS EVENING. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
LARGE HAIL WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM ANY STORMS THAT BECOME
SEVERE...BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A DAILY CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
THIS WEEK. ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS ARE POSSIBLE EACH DAY...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 1:00 PM MST, 49 minutes before

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 34 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:50 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pennington

When: June 17, 1:49 PM MST to 1:54 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 2 mi SW of Rapid City to 0.67 mi SE of Rapid City
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 44.059, -103.249

Hail, Pennington

When: June 17, 1:50 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 2.2 mi WSW of Rapid City
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 44.070, -103.262

Hail, Pennington

When: June 17, 1:53 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 3 mi SSE of Rapid City
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 44.040, -103.197

Hail, Pennington

When: June 17, 1:59 PM MST to 2:09 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 3.21 mi S of Rapid City
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 44.034, -103.215

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 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 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: 450260, 463586, 463583, 450261.