Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 2014

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 2014
Start: 2014-06-04T15:05
End: 2014-06-04T17:49
Location: South Dakota

June 4, 2014 · NWS UNR · 6 events in 2 counties and zones

A long-lived severe thunderstorm tracked east-southeast from Montana and produced large hail and strong wind gusts over portions of Butte and Meade Counties.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $25,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 6

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 severe thunderstorm tracked east-southeast from Montana and produced large hail and strong wind gusts over portions of Butte and Meade Counties.

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 4, 2:05 PM MST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 2:05 PM MST, 1 hour before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
305 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

.SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT
ISSUED AT 302 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER
EASTERN PORTIONS OF SD AND NEB. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS OVER
SOUTHEAST SK...WITH A WEAK TROF EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO EASTERN
MT. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS NEAR ZONAL FLOW OVER THE
REGION...WITH A DISTINCT SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO EASTERN PORTIONS OF
MT AND WY NOW. REGIONAL RADARS ARE SHOWING SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AND TRACKING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHEAST MT
AND NORTHEAST WY AND JUST INTO FAR WESTERN SD. SKIES ARE PARTLY
CLOUDY WITH TEMPS IN THE MID 60S TO MID 70S. WINDS ARE MOSTLY FROM
THE SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE SHORTWAVE TO THE WEST MOVES QUICKLY
ACROSS THE REGION. INSTABILITY CONTINUES TO INCREASE ACROSS THE
AREA...WITH THE HIGHEST CAPE VALUES CURRENTLY OVER NORTHEAST WY.
SHEAR IS ALSO MOST FAVORABLE FOR SUPERCELLS OVER NORTHEAST WY INTO
FAR WESTERN SD. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR
NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SD UNTIL 02Z...WITH LARGE HAIL THE
MAIN THREAT. STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD BECOME MORE OF A CONCERN BY THE
EVENING IF AN ORGANIZED CLUSTER OF STORMS EVOLVES. THE TORNADO
THREAT IS LOW...BUT THE BEST THREAT FOR ONE WOULD BE ACROSS PARTS OF
NORTHEAST WY INTO SOUTHWESTERN SD LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE WATCH
COULD BE EXTENDED FURTHER EAST THIS EVENING IF STORMS HOLD
TOGETHER.

ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST OVERNIGHT...THOUGH SOME
SHOWERS COULD LINGER TOWARD CENTRAL SD LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY
MORNING. OUR AREA WILL BE GENERALLY BETWEEN DISTURBANCES ON
THURSDAY...WITH MOSTLY DRY WEATHER EXPECTED. WILL KEEP A SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST WY AND THE BLACK
HILLS AS THE NEXT WAVE APPROACHES. THURSDAY WILL BE THE WARMEST DAY
OF THE WEEK...WITH HIGHS IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S.

THE BETTER CHANCES FOR PCPN WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN
THE SHORTWAVE AND COLD FRONT APPROACH THE AREA. A FEW STRONGER
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA
IN THE EVENING...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LOWER THAN
PREVIOUS DAYS. THE COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY PUSH THROUGH THE CWA
OVERNIGHT...BUT LIKELY NOT MAKE IT INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SD BEFORE
MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
ISSUED AT 302 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

A COLD FRONT WILL STALL IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA ON
FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO ND. A WEAK
SHORTWAVE WILL CROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS ON FRIDAY...WITH A SLIGHTLY
STRONGER SHORTWAVE ON FRIDAY NIGHT. ISENTOPIC LIFT WILL DEVELOP AS
WELL AS 850-700MB THETA-E ADVECTION. UPSLOPE EASTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER
FLOW IS EXPECTED. THE RESULT WILL BE SHRA/ISOLATED TS ACROSS THE
AREA...PARTICULARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
MODELS ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW THE HIGH PRESSURE AREA PUSHING FARTHER
SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA ON SATURDAY WITH THE UPPER SHORTWAVE
PUSHING EAST DURING THE MORNING...FOLLOWED BY SUBSIDENCE IN THE
AFTERNOON. IF THAT TREND CONTINUES...WILL BE ABLE TO LOWER POPS ON
SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
SLIGHTLY COOLER THAN AVERAGE ON FRIDAY AND ON SATURDAY HIGH
TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID 50S TO LOWER 60S. LONG
TERM GUIDANCE REMAINS IN GENERAL AGREEMENT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ACTIVE WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW WILL CONTINUE WITH A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES
CROSSING THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THERE WILL BE LOW CHANCES FOR
SHRA/TSRA NEARLY EVERY DAY INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

&&

.AVIATION...FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY EVENING
ISSUED AT 302 PM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE BLACK HILLS AND NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WILL MOVE
EASTWARD ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE EVENING
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF PRECIPITATION
TONIGHT SHOULD BE VFR...EXCEPT OVER PARTS OF FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA WERE AREAS OF IFR CIGS ARE POSSIBLE AFT MIDNIGHT.

&&

.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
WY...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...26
LONG TERM...10
AVIATION...10

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:29 AM MST, 12 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
329 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-050930-
HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-
SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-
CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-FALL RIVER-SHANNON-
JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-
SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-
NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
329 AM MDT WED JUN 4 2014 /429 AM CDT WED JUN 4 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR TODAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT
RISK THAT SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE...ESPECIALLY
OVER THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS
WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AT TIMES WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST
THROUGH TUESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS
TIME...THOUGH A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL OR DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

&&

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:11 PM MST, 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
311 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0250 PM     HAIL             16 WSW ROCHELLE         43.54N 105.27W
06/04/2014  E0.75 INCH       CAMPBELL           WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

POJORLIE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:26 PM MST, 39 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
326 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0300 PM     TSTM WND GST     15 NNW RECLUSE          44.94N 105.79W
06/04/2014  E60 MPH          CAMPBELL           WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

POJORLIE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:32 PM MST, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
332 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0310 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 NNE RECLUSE           44.81N 105.67W
06/04/2014  E60 MPH          CAMPBELL           WY   PUBLIC

&&

POJORLIE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:46 PM MST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
346 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0335 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 ESE CAMP CROOK       45.49N 103.79W
06/04/2014  E60.00 MPH       HARDING            SD   PUBLIC

0335 PM     HAIL             10 ESE CAMP CROOK       45.49N 103.79W
06/04/2014  E1.00 INCH       HARDING            SD   PUBLIC

&&

POJORLIE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:55 PM MST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
355 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0340 PM     HAIL             8 NW ROCKYPOINT         44.99N 105.20W
06/04/2014  E0.75 INCH       CAMPBELL           WY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED 40-50 MPH WINDS

&&

POJORLIE

Local storm report, Jun 4, 3:05 PM MST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
405 PM MDT WED JUN 04 2014

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

0350 PM     TSTM WND GST     10 SSW ROCKYPOINT       44.77N 105.18W
06/04/2014  E60 MPH          CAMPBELL           WY   PUBLIC

            PEA SIZED HAIL ALSO

&&

POJORLIE

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:06 UTC.

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Butte

When: June 4, 3:05 PM MST to 3:15 PM MST
Where: Butte County, 17.06 mi WNW of Castle Rock
Measured: 2.5 in hail
Property damage: $25,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.029, -103.769

Thunderstorm Wind, Butte

When: June 4, 3:05 PM MST to 3:15 PM MST
Where: Butte County, 17.06 mi WNW of Castle Rock
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.029, -103.769

Thunderstorm winds drove hail through windows and siding and damaged the roof of a house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Butte

When: June 4, 4:00 PM MST
Where: Butte County, 6.8 mi NW of Newell
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.769, -103.531

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

Hail, Meade

When: June 4, 4:58 PM MST to 5:10 PM MST
Where: Meade County, 10.83 mi W of Union Center
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.590, -102.886

Thunderstorm Wind, Meade

When: June 4, 5:15 PM MST
Where: Meade County, 1.37 mi SE of Union Center
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.547, -102.649

Half-inch diameter hail accompanied the wind gusts.

Thunderstorm Wind, Meade

When: June 4, 5:49 PM MST
Where: Meade County, 0.91 mi NE of White Owl
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.610, -102.418

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

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.

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: 516055, 516056, 516057, 516059, 516062, 516063.