Hail, Custer
- When
- June 4, 7:50 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 9.49 mi W of Jewel Cave Natl Mon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -104.020
Wind gusts to 40 mph accompanied the storm.
Hail in South Dakota, June 4, 2020
A supercell thunderstorm tracked from northeastern Wyoming to the southern Black Hills before weakening. The storm produced large hail and gusty winds.
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
- 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 supercell thunderstorm tracked from northeastern Wyoming to the southern Black Hills before weakening. The storm produced large hail and gusty winds.
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, 7:09 PM MST, 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 7:09 PM MST, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Rapid City SD 1056 AM MDT Thu Jun 4 2020 SDZ027-041-WYZ055-051300- Southern Foot Hills-Fall River-Southern Campbell- 1056 AM MDT Thu Jun 4 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwestern South Dakota...and northeast Wyoming. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. Isolated strong to severe storms are possible with large hail and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Thunderstorms are possible through early next week. There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening. Very large hail and damaging winds will be the main threat, but isolated tornadoes may occur. Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding are also possible. .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 SDZ001-002-029-030-042-074-WYZ054-056>058-071-051300- Harding-Perkins-Southern Black Hills-Custer Co Plains- Oglala Lakota-Hermosa Foot Hills-Northern Campbell-Western Crook- Wyoming Black Hills-Weston-Northeastern Crook- 1056 AM MDT Thu Jun 4 2020 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 Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. Scattered strong to severe storms are possible with large hail and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Thunderstorms are possible through early next week. There is a slight to enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening. Very large hail and damaging winds will be the main threat. Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding are also possible. .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 SDZ012>014-024>026-028-031-032-043-044-046-047-049-072-073-051300- Butte-Northern Meade Co Plains-Ziebach-Northern Black Hills- Northern Foot Hills-Rapid City-Central Black Hills- Pennington Co Plains-Haakon-Jackson-Bennett-Mellette-Todd-Tripp- Sturgis/Piedmont Foot Hills-Southern Meade Co Plains- 1056 AM MDT Thu Jun 4 2020 /1156 AM CDT Thu Jun 4 2020/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwestern South Dakota...south central South Dakota...southwestern South Dakota...and the Black Hills of South Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Thunderstorms will develop this afternoon. Scattered strong to severe storms are possible with large hail and damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Thunderstorms are possible through early next week. There is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms Saturday afternoon and evening. Very large hail and damaging winds will be the main threat, but isolated tornadoes may occur. Locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding are also possible. .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), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:49 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
- Rip Current in California, June 4, 2020
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4 to 5, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 4, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4, 2020
- Flood and Hail in Ohio, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, June 4, 2020
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4 to 5, 2020
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, June 4, 2020
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, June 4, 2020
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2020
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 891668.