Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 17 to 18, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 17 to 18, 2014
Start: 2014-06-17T22:15
End: 2014-06-18T00:40
Location: South Dakota

June 17 to 18, 2014 · NWS UNR · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

A thunderstorm intensified over northeastern Pennington and eastern Meade Counties, then moved northeastward across Haakon County. The storm produced strong wind gusts and hail to quarter size.

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 intensified over northeastern Pennington and eastern Meade Counties, then moved northeastward across Haakon County. The storm produced strong wind gusts and hail to quarter size.

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, 7:32 PM MST, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 7:32 PM MST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 5:27 AM MST, 16 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
627 AM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014

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-
627 AM MDT (727 AM CDT) TUE JUN 17 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND
TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE FORECAST AREA...MAINLY FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY
SEVERE STORMS...WITH AN ISOLATED TORNADO ALSO POSSIBLE LATE IN THE
DAY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER
STORMS...ESPECIALLY FROM THE BLACK HILLS INTO NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN UNSETTLED PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING DAILY CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO
SEVERE ON WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA
AREA...WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.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

Local storm report, Jun 17, 8:22 PM MST, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 8:24 PM MST, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 8:25 PM MST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 8:44 PM MST, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:35 PM MST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1035 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     HEAVY RAIN       27 WNW CASTLE ROCK      45.14N 103.91W
06/17/2014  M3.50 INCH       BUTTE              SD   MESONET

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Local storm report, Jun 17, 9:38 PM MST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1038 PM MDT TUE JUN 17 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0956 PM     HEAVY RAIN       27 WNW CASTLE ROCK      45.14N 103.91W
06/17/2014  M3.50 INCH       BUTTE              SD   MESONET

            RAINFALL FROM 456 PM THROUGH 956 PM.

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:14 UTC.

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Event by event

3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington

When: June 17, 10:15 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 1.08 mi NE of Owanka
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.033, -102.568

Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Meade

When: June 17, 10:50 PM MST
Where: Meade County, 2.36 mi E of White Owl
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.605, -102.382

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington

When: June 17, 11:10 PM MST
Where: Pennington County, 19.18 mi NNE of Creighton
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.499, -102.038

Wind gusts were estimated at 70 mph.

Hail, Haakon

When: June 18, 12:40 AM MST
Where: Haakon County, 6.61 mi NNW of Kirley
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 44.612, -101.338

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 520631, 520627, 526966, 520634.