Hail, Custer
- When
- May 29, 1:12 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 4.79 mi WNW of Hermosa
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.856, -103.283
Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 2023
A supercell thunderstorm developed over the eastern slopes of the southern Black Hills and tracked east across northeastern Custer County and into far southeastern Pennington County. The storm produced hail to quarter size.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 developed over the eastern slopes of the southern Black Hills and tracked east across northeastern Custer County and into far southeastern Pennington County. The storm produced hail to quarter size.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 47 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:12 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Custer
- When
- May 29, 1:30 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, Hermosa
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.840, -103.190
Hail, Pennington
- When
- May 29, 4:05 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 13.28 mi S of Wall
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Storm Chaser
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -102.200
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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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: 1092520, 1092521, 1092522.