Insane Hailstorm near Rapid City, South Dakota

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Uploaded by on Jul 9, 2007

Margaret and I survived a hellacious hailstorm in the mountains west of Rapid City. We were sure the windshield was going to break.

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  • I live in this area. What a crazy storm. I have hail in my freezer, from that night, the size of soft balls.......never in my life have I seen anything like it! When it started I thought my kids we dragging toys upstairs. We lucked out by living in the hills where the trees took the brunt.  Down the hill some houses were condemned and cars were totalled........CRAZY NIGHT!

  • People were driving motorcycles through that hail!

    We always visit the concrete dinos in Rapid City.

  • wow! how can you drive and make a video in the middle of a hail storm...

  • We were at a dead stop. We stayed pulled over for about 20 minutes. I thought we'd have to climb in the back seat if hail broke the front windshield.

    Never occurred to me when I took this clip that over 1,500 people would look at it. Living in the future sure is futuristic.

  • It didn't crack. We discussed climbing into the back of the car if it did crack.

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  • SHIT, IT WOULD BE SHADING MY EYES TOO IF IT WAS THAT BRIGHT!!! 0:06 to 0:12

  • gotta love sd for the weather. i was born in rapid live in colorado noe havent been back in a long time..

  • haha you tell people in Washington about softball sized hail and they look at you like you're a liar lol

  • Was this golfball sized?

  • i love south dakota, it prepares u for any other weather in different states, one day it will snow and be -30 degrees and the next it will be 110 degrees, it just cant make up its mind,

    i live in Rapid, its the BOMB!!! ..... sorta

  • that was a horrible night

  • Best line of the video "Oh man, were getting pounded"

  • Ain't nottin like South Dakota, huh?

    Hah, I love South Dakota so much, I live there.

    Thanks for the upload!

  • Thanks for the vid. I was there in 86 when a hailstorm blew out the hospital windows at EAFB. We beat the storm in from Newell only to be caught in it in our POV's. Softball sized hail goes through a 78 T/A shaker too.

  • They are stopped you idiot.

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