Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2015

Name: Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2015
Start: 2015-06-24T02:30
End: 2015-06-24T03:55
Location: South Dakota

June 24, 2015 · NWS UNR · 4 events in 3 counties and zones

A long-lived supercell thunderstorm moved from northeastern Wyoming across far southwest South Dakota during the late night hours. The storm produced large hail across portions of Custer, Fall River, and Shannon Counties.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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.

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 24, 2:06 AM MST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:06 AM MST, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 2:28 AM MST, 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
328 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-251400-
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-
328 AM MDT WED JUN 24 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF
THE AREA AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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 THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AGAIN ON
THURSDAY. LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN
THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS.

.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

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:23 AM MST, 2 hours 7 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, 2 hours 3 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

&&

ME

Local storm report, Jun 24, 12:47 AM MST, 1 hour 43 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

&&

ME

Local storm report, Jun 24, 12:54 AM MST, 1 hour 36 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

&&

ME

Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:24 AM MST, 1 hour 6 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

&&

ME

Local storm report, Jun 24, 1:29 AM MST, 1 hour 1 minute 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

&&

ME

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:30 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Custer

When: June 24, 2:30 AM MST
Where: Custer County, Pringle
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.610, -103.590

Hail, Fall River

When: June 24, 2:40 AM MST
Where: Fall River County, 3.62 mi SW of Hot Springs
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: CoCoRaHS
Coordinates: 43.398, -103.537

Hail, Oglala Lakota

When: June 24, 3:30 AM MST
Where: Oglala Lakota County, 1 mi ESE of Pine Ridge
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.025, -102.542

Hail, Oglala Lakota

When: June 24, 3:55 AM MST
Where: Oglala Lakota County, Pine Ridge
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.030, -102.560

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2015 Every state in 2015 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2015

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: 587439, 587440, 587443, 587441.