Hail, Fall River
- When
- June 24, 1:45 AM MST
- Where
- Fall River County, Oelrichs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -103.230
Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2015
An overnight thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail in Oelrichs.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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.
An overnight thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail in Oelrichs.
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 23, 10:26 PM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 10:26 PM MST, 3 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1126 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 .SHORT TERM...THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 322 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WITH SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS OVER THE CWA. UPPER LEVEL ANALYSIS SHOWS ZONAL FLOW PERSISTING OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS...WITH HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND PLAINS. A WEAK DISTURBANCE IS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN MT AND WESTERN ND...WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER THOSE AREAS. FURTHER UPSTREAM...ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE IS NOTED OVER SOUTHWEST MT/NORTHERN ID. SKIES ARE NOW MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA WITH TEMPS MOSTLY IN THE 70S...SOME 60S ACROSS THE HIGHER BLACK HILLS. OCCASIONALLY UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS AS ZONAL FLOW BRINGS ADDITIONAL DISTURBANCES ACROSS THE REGION. THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WITH EACH OF THESE DISTURBANCES. FOR LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST WINDS CONTINUE TO BRING INCREASING MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST WY AND FAR WESTERN SD. FORECAST CAPE FOR LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT IS ON THE ORDER OF 1000 TO OVER 2000 J/KG OVER NORTHEAST WY AND THE BLACK HILLS AREA. MAIN ISSUE IS LACK OF FORCING LATE TODAY TO INITIATE STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ISOLATED STORMS INTO THE EARLY EVENING WILL LIKELY BE OVER THE BLACK HILLS AND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF EASTERN WY. OTHERWISE...THE BETTER CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL LIKELY BE DURING THE OVERNIGHT/EARLY WEDNESDAY AS THE DISTURBANCE TO THE WEST MOVES ACROSS THE AREA. THE RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS DOES NOT LOOK QUITE AS FAVORABLE AS EARLIER TODAY AND WILL BE SOMEWHAT DEPENDENT ON WHEN STORMS DEVELOP...THE EARLIER THE MORE FAVORABLE. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS CERTAINLY ARE POSSIBLE EVEN INTO THE OVERNIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST WY INTO THE BLACK HILLS AREA IF THEY DEVELOP. ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING AND EXITING THE AREA. SOME SUN WILL DEVELOP IN MOST AREAS BY THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. TIMING OF THE NEXT DISTURBANCE IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN...BUT SHOULD GENERALLY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE LATER AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WITH WHAT LOOKS TO BE A MORE FAVORABLE SETUP FOR STRONGER AND MORE WIDESPREAD STORMS INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISSUED AT 322 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 A FEW DISTURBANCES IN THE UPPER FLOW WILL BRING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AND TO A LESSER DEGREE ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER THE PERSISTENT ZONAL FLOW PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO TRANSITION TO A NW FLOW AS STRONG UPPER RIDGING DEVELOPS ACROSS THE WRN CONUS. THE RIDGE WILL BROADEN AND AMPLIFY OVER THE ROCKIES BY THE WEEKEND...BRINGING MUCH DRIER WEATHER TO THE AREA FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. A FEW SHORTWAVES ROUNDING THE RIDGE MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE ISOLATED STORMS ACROSS THE BLKHLS. WARMER TEMPS EXPECTED WITH HIGHS REGULARLY REACHING THE 80S. && .AVIATION...FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z WEDNESDAY NIGHT ISSUED AT 1119 PM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AS THEY MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE BLACK HILLS AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA DURING THE REST OF THE NIGHT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MID MORNING AS ANOTHER WAVE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES OUT OF SOUTHEASTERN MONTANA AND INTO FAR NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WHICH WILL SPREAD SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA DURING THE AFTERNOON. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS CAN BE EXPECTED NEAR ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...26 LONG TERM...13 AVIATION...10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 5:23 AM MST, 20 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 623 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-241300- 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- 623 AM MDT TUE JUN 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS THIS MORNING WILL SHIFT NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA BY LATE THIS MORNING. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ADDITIONAL WEATHER DISTURBANCES WILL BRING CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AT LEAST FRIDAY...WITH STRONGER STORMS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY...AND ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ON THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT 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, 12:23 AM MST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 123 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015 SDZ031-240815- PENNINGTON CO PLAINS SD- 123 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL PENNINGTON COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM MDT... AT 123 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FARMINGDALE...OR 19 MILES EAST OF RAPID CITY...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NEW UNDERWOOD...OWANKA...FARMINGDALE AND WICKSVILLE. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN SOUTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 76 AND 96. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4393 10298 4410 10298 4413 10247 4391 10246 TIME...MOT...LOC 0723Z 265DEG 23KT 4402 10287 RUDGE
Local storm report, Jun 24, 12:27 AM MST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
127 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0126 AM HAIL HISEGA 44.05N 103.40W
06/24/2015 E1.75 INCH PENNINGTON SD AMATEUR RADIO
&&
MELocal storm report, Jun 24, 12:47 AM MST, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
147 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 S DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY 44.02N 103.23W
06/24/2015 E2.00 INCH PENNINGTON SD NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MELocal storm report, Jun 24, 12:54 AM MST, 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
154 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0153 AM HAIL 8 SSE DOWNTOWN RAPID CI 43.97N 103.16W
06/24/2015 M1.00 INCH PENNINGTON SD NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MELocal storm report, Jun 24, 1:24 AM MST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
224 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0223 AM HAIL DOWNTOWN NEWCASTLE 43.85N 104.20W
06/24/2015 E1.00 INCH WESTON WY TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MELocal storm report, Jun 24, 1:29 AM MST, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
229 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0100 AM HAIL 25 SW UPTON 43.85N 104.98W
06/24/2015 E0.88 INCH WESTON WY TRAINED SPOTTER
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METhe radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:43 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, June 24 to 26, 2015
- Flash Flood and Hail in Georgia, June 24, 2015
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, June 24 to 27, 2015
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 24 to 25, 2015
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, June 24, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 24, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 24 to 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, June 24, 2015
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Florida, June 24, 2015
- Flooding in South Dakota, June 24 to 25, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 24 to 27, 2015
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 587438.