Hail, Custer
- When
- July 18, 3:10 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 6.07 mi SW of Hermosa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.790, -103.290
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 18, 2014
A thunderstorm briefly became severe over the foothills west of Hermosa and Fairburn, producing wind gusts to 60 mph and small hail.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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 briefly became severe over the foothills west of Hermosa and Fairburn, producing wind gusts to 60 mph and small hail.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 52 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:11 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 18, 3:15 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 4.42 mi NNW of Fairburn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.749, -103.244
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- July 18, 3:20 PM MST to 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 7.27 mi NW of Fairburn
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.765, -103.312
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 18, 3:20 PM MST to 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 5.8 mi NNW of Fairburn
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.768, -103.253
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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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: 527409, 536592, 527410, 536593.