184 miles East of Sturgis...

The cantaloupe-size chunk of ice that landed in Vivian, SD, measures 8 inches in diameter, 18.625 inches in circumference and weighs 1 pound, 15 ounces...

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Y'all be kefful out there now, heah?

Not the kind of storm ya want to get caught in on a bike !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lets just hope that crap stays away for at least in next to weeks, last years hail storm is Sturgis was nasty

I'm sittin' here this morning waiting on the isurance adjuster to show up to assess my hail damage from that storm. We only got golf ball size hail, but right down the road they got softball size and it completely stripped siding off the houses and killed livestock!

Ooh man! I'm tempted to walk around camp dressed in full safety gear just in case

Have some friends who live about an hour out of Sturgis ~ Mark and Bonnie said their gardens, trees... everything got trashed. This is the end of July for pete's sake!!!

Well, so far it is totaling $12,000. But I still have to hear from the car insurance about the truck and horse trailer.
And I feel for your friends with the garden! The only thing that survived in mine was the garlic and I had 6 new trees that are now leafless stubbs!
And I too was in Sturgis for the hailstorm last year and it did $13,000 in damage just to my camper, not including the truck and of course my bike-cuz my hubby's bike didn't get a scratch! There was not a roof vent to be had withing 300 miles after that one!

I'm not going to Sturgis .. although its one the list of "Things To Do Someday".
Still, I feel for y'all having to deal with weather like that. I hope it doesn't happen in August.

We have had really rough t-storms up here for the last week too. Really unusual for late July. I hope this crap stays away for Sturgis week. Been a weird summer.....

OUCH! Sorry to hear that Sister! Hope there is good insurance coverage!

Geeee Whiz! I feel cheated we had hail the other day but it was only dime size. But seriously, I am sorry for all who had bad damage done to you property. Sucks when Mother Nature gets a bit angry. Hope you trip to Sturgis is a safe and weather torrent free one.

Pray to the weather gods to be kind cause someone must have pissed em off!Sorry to hear about the damages, we just lost a bunch of branches.

About mid June there was softball sized hail about 40 miles south of us at Sunray, tX.. Completely wiped out the wheat crop, when they replanted, it stunk so bad from the dead rabbits in the fields. Unbelievable. The same storm dumped up to 17 inches of Rain in Hansford county TX.