Hail, Meade
- When
- June 8, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, Sturgis
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Social Media
- Coordinates
- 44.410, -103.510
Hail in South Dakota, June 8, 2018
A thunderstorm briefly became severe over the Sturgis area, producing hail to quarter size.
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
- Other
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.
A thunderstorm briefly became severe over the Sturgis area, producing 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 8, 1:43 PM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 1:43 PM MST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 3:04 AM MST, 12 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 404 AM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018 SDZ031-032-042>044-046-047-049-091300- Pennington Co Plains-Haakon-Oglala Lakota-Jackson-Bennett- Mellette-Todd-Tripp- 404 AM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018 /504 AM CDT Fri Jun 8 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of south central South Dakota...and southwestern South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into tonight. There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms. Large hail, damaging winds and locally heavy rain will be the main threat. There is also a small threat for tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday There is a chance of thunderstorms each day through the weekend. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity SDZ013-014-024>030-041-072>074-WYZ057-058-091300- 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- Fall River-Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills-Southern Meade Co Plains- Hermosa Foot Hills-Wyoming Black Hills-Weston- 404 AM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...southwestern South Dakota...the Black Hills of South Dakota...northeast Wyoming...and the Black Hills of Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into tonight. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms. Large hail, damaging winds and locally heavy rain will be the main threat. There is also a small threat for tornadoes. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday There is a chance of thunderstorms each day through the weekend. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity SDZ001-002-012-WYZ054>056-071-091300- Harding-Perkins-Butte-Northern Campbell-Southern Campbell- Western Crook-Northeastern Crook- 404 AM MDT Fri Jun 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...and northeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected this afternoon and evening. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms. Large hail, damaging winds and locally heavy rain will be the main threat. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday There is a chance of thunderstorms each day through the weekend. There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday and Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today. && Stay tuned to NOAA weather radio for further updates...or check our web site at weather.gov/rapidcity
In the hours before
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</html>The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:27 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
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Arizona, June 8 to 14, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 8 to 9, 2018
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, June 8, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 8 to 9, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 8 to 9, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 8 to 10, 2018
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 8, 2018
- Damaging Winds in Louisiana, June 8, 2018
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, June 8, 2018
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 8, 2018
- Hail in South Dakota, June 8, 2018
- High Surf in Hawaii, June 8 to 10, 2018
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2018
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: 751488.