Name: Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2013
Start: 2013-06-24T14:10
End: 2013-06-24T14:10
Location: South Dakota

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 storm briefly became severe over Fall River County and produced golf ball size hail near Provo.

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 24, 10:32 AM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 10:32 AM MST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 1:45 PM MST, 25 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
245 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-251300-
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-
245 PM MDT (345 PM CDT) MON JUN 24 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS ACROSS FAR NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS...
ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ON
TUESDAY. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

.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 24, 1:26 PM MST, 44 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
226 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

SDZ041-242100-
FALL RIVER SD-
226 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEASTERN FALL RIVER COUNTY...

AT 224 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OELRICHS...OR 27 MILES
SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN HOT SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  OELRICHS...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4309 10368 4328 10322 4302 10299 4300 10301
      4299 10304 4299 10360
TIME...MOT...LOC 2025Z 239DEG 17KT 4306 10337

JC

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:56 PM MST, 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
256 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

WYZ054-242130-
NORTHERN CAMPBELL WY-
256 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY...

AT 254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ECHETA...OR 25 MILES WEST OF
DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ECHETA...

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4442 10602 4451 10603 4455 10601 4457 10562
      4430 10562 4429 10603 4442 10603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2056Z 270DEG 17KT 4442 10597

JC

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:12 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fall River

When: June 24, 2:10 PM MST
Where: Fall River County, 3.83 mi ENE of Provo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 43.202, -103.780

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, 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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 456888.