Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- June 14, 4:55 AM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 6.9 mi SSW of Folsom
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -102.930
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 14, 2014
A long-lived thunderstorm intensified over the southern Black Hills and tracked east-northeast across southwestern South Dakota. The storm produced hail and strong wind gusts, especially over the Badlands.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- 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
- 7
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 long-lived thunderstorm intensified over the southern Black Hills and tracked east-northeast across southwestern South Dakota. The storm produced hail and strong wind gusts, especially over the Badlands.
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 14, 2:01 AM MST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 2:01 AM MST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 633 AM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-141300- 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- 633 AM MDT (733 AM CDT) FRI JUN 13 2014 ...WIND ADVISORY TODAY FOR PORTIONS OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS AREA...AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE IN THE DAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL BE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WHERE GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR SATURDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE MIDDAY AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS. AN UNSETTLED PATTERN IS EXPECTED TO BRING DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS DURING MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
In the hours before
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</html>The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 45 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:55 UTC.
Event by event
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Custer
- When
- June 14, 5:00 AM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 6.9 mi SSW of Folsom
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -102.930
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 14, 5:20 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 8.52 mi NE of Scenic
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -102.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- June 14, 5:20 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 8.52 mi NE of Scenic
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -102.450
The combination of hail and strong wind gusts damaged some crops.
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- June 14, 5:48 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 7.53 mi S of Wall
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- RAWS
- Coordinates
- 43.881, -102.238
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- June 14, 6:10 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 6.07 mi SSE of Quinn
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 43.912, -102.073
A camper tipped over on Interstate 90 near mile marker 120.
Thunderstorm Wind, Haakon
- When
- June 14, 7:00 AM MST
- Where
- Haakon County, 2.45 mi E of (Php)philip Arpt
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.055, -101.551
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 14 to 15, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 2014
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 14, 2014
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14 to 15, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Minnesota, June 14 to 15, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 14, 2014
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Iowa, June 14 to 15, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14, 2014
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 14, 2014
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 14 to 15, 2014
- Flash Flood and Flooding in South Dakota, June 14 to 15, 2014
- High Wind in Minnesota, June 14, 2014
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2014
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: 518127, 531446, 518137, 518140, 518142, 518147, 518148.