Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 28, 2:55 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 9.15 mi WSW of Hill City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Park/Forest Service
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -103.744
Hail in South Dakota, June 28, 2015
A thunderstorm briefly became severe southwest of Hill City, producing hail to ping pong ball size in the Custer area.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 briefly became severe southwest of Hill City, producing hail to ping pong ball size in the Custer area.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 28, 3:05 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 8.98 mi WSW of Hill City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -103.740
Hail, Custer
- When
- June 28, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 1.49 mi WNW of (Cut)custer Co Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.740, -103.656
Hail, Custer
- When
- June 28, 3:20 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 2.5 mi SSW of Custer
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.737, -103.619
Hail, Custer
- When
- June 28, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 1.21 mi SW of Custer
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.760, -103.620
Hail cracked a truck windshield caused minor damage to other vehicles.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 590863, 590856, 590865, 590867, 590868.