Insane South Dakota Storm Chase - Wind Driven Hail!

6/12/22 had some incredible severe storm structure, and I ended up getting caught in some terrifying wind-driven hail about 1.8" in size.

[@benigreen3368]

I’ve never seen a hail storm this bad before. Wave after wave of pure chaos. Crop destroyer.

[@KrazyKeith4]

Demolisher by Slaughter To Prevail played in my head when I saw that.

[@Fr33dom89]

Absolutely

[@bluehusky2154]

100k views. This is absolutely crazy. I never expected my hastily thrown-together compilation of clips that I shot last Sunday of some SD severe weather action would blow up like this. I initially thought really only my friends and and a handful of other storm chasers would watch it. I guess this makes me a popular chaser now? Edit: 200k views, oh my god. This just keeps blowing up.

[@Dumber0]

Guess so :)

[@spandex7055]

great video, any idea of wind speed? If you said it during the video we wouldn't have heard it anyway LOL

[@donnaparrish7638]

It means that people are interested in devastating events.

[@sherrisRN]

Subscribed! Keep chasing! Stay safe!

[@patrickb5783]

Whatever you do, be safe

[@Trailhiker1]

I was half expecting a cow to come flying by like the movie Twister

[@LU-ro8qb]

LMAO

[@shimmyhinnah]

My son and I got stuck in hail like that when he was around four years old. It was awful and terrifying. We were on a bridge in Ann Arbor Michigan and I honestly thought we’d die. I reached back and held his little hand and said an Our Father prayer very loudly but I could barely hear my own voice over the din! He’s 24 now, and we’ll never forget that day.

[@Francis_UD]

Kudos nevertheless you made it in one piece amen 🙏🏻

[@CoopyKat]

The real tragedy is you were in Ann Arbor.

[@anniefannycharles9951]

@@CoopyKat 😂😆

[@nedread6700]

And by reaching back you were more likely to die by not having both hands on the steering wheel Einstein

[@tamaramcgee3493]

I guarantee I would've been crying. Thank goodness you both survived.

[@donniegaus6237]

My son, granddaughter, and I drove through there about a week after this storm. There were so many windows boarded up in homes and businesses, lots of vehicles with smashed windshields, missing windows and covered with dents. Thanks for posting. That was incredible.

[@alexk73]

I was in South Dakota last summer and we witnessed a similar type of storm. The great thing about South Dakota is that you can see it coming long before it hits. Great video!

[@fireuup7096]

Yep, but many people look at that storm and go. "Do I need to go to the basement tonight, nah I should be good" until they get woken up at 4 am cause they don't have a roof anymore

[@NandR]

Yeah in Florida these storms can sneak up on you. Granted the hailstorms are rare here. But the trees hide the horizon in most of the state so you don't see the storm cloud until it is right over you.

[@christophergrube3993]

Unless they happen at night...which seems to be the case here. SD resident.

[@greenidguy9292]

Yep and get the fuck out of the way!!

[@guitarest452452]

We got hit by a storm like this with baseball-size hail here in Southern IL in like 2013 and I remember finding dead birds and squirrels scattered all over the ground. It was awful. This is a great shot! Thanks for the upload.

[@miked1765]

Where in southern Illinois are you? That’s where I’m originally from.

[@eveningstar6700]

oh nooo 😟

[@guitarest452452]

@@miked1765 Near Venice IL

[@miked1765]

@@guitarest452452 I’m from Gallatin county, Equality area.

[@guitarest452452]

@@miked1765 You were wayyyyy south East, IL I haven't been down that way in a while.

[@jaimeknoble3315]

I feel so bad for the person in the SUV who got a busted window and had to watch some of their laundry fly away while blocking the hail with a pillow. I'd be a trembling, sobbing mess if I was stuck in that. Fantastic footage!

[@nomate3259]

The large dents on the cars after shows just how fast the hail is hurled down by the wind. Insane

[@iamhere4now980]

This is the best footage I've seen in a long time. I pray everyone was okay and safe.

[@retsuek]

I cant believe how long those winds were sustained at that constant speed! Looked more like a hurricane with hail.

[@tvold9204]

Looked to me like some lower end hurricane force winds! Impressive to say the least.

[@ItzCoopzFtw]

Reminds me of Derecho

[@boblongdickder6178]

Have you ever been through a hurricane ? Well as a Florida resident I've been through a lot of them and let me tell you they will make your pucker Factor real real tight

[@tvold9204]

@@boblongdickder6178 I was probably one of the worst affected by hurricane irma, got some mesovort action as it was a major in the eyewall, trees were debarked around my house.

[@tvold9204]

@@boblongdickder6178 nice name lol

[@glitch1040]

Props to the lady in the SUV after her window broke from the hail,she took the pillow she had in the back seat and held it between herself and the window to avoid getting pelted by any hail that got blown into her car. That shows the despite the situation she remained calm and collected instead of going into a panic,she knew that since she had a breach in her car that her main goal was to shield herself using whatever was available,good on her

[@SaanichtonMinistries]

I would have drive. The car closer to a building for cover and or pointed the nose of the car into the wind.

[@karijaneify]

@@SaanichtonMinistries I've been in storms like that. There's no visibility to drive. I think she did the right thing.

[@supererikman5331]

I would be crapping my pants if i was in her Position

[@mirandayearwood1234]

she is ON DRUGS dude like they ALL ARE it's CATTLE COUNTRY for a reason.

[@itsallmyfault264]

@@SaanichtonMinistries you would point the largest window and the one closest to you towards the danger? 🤔🤦‍♀️🙄

[@nickbrown6457]

That was an insanely good piece of filming! You deserve all the views.

[@kenpalmer1965]

They sure do!

[@aviator9514]

Actually no He deserves much more :)

[@markradia2983]

Omg

[@user-qu3hf8zg7d]

Обычный дождь. Чего испугались?

[@jestermimegirl1556]

I will be afraid to get hit by the Hail? Notice are the biggest ice stone ever seen? Also they smash car window shield. And roof on the building! I am so scared to this come outside! Do not go outside when their is Hailstorm!

[@deancampbell1414]

Mind blowing how ferocious mother nature can be. Great footage guys well done!!!!!

[@billy1673]

That’s insane! I lived just outside Chicago when I was a kid, and remember how bad these Midwest storms get, but this is friggin nuts!!!

[@txbubba96]

One of the things I'll never forget working a summer in the great plains of the Dakotas. The weather is wild.

[@giarc0]

Holy god! That’s as violent as I’ve seen without being sucked into a tornado.

[@kevinhawkinberry3654]

I was born and raised in FL ended up going to Sturgis in 2013 . Being from Florida to tell you the weather in South Dakota was crazy and dangerous.

[@Jack_Sheppard]

I’ve never seen anything like this before in my life . Thanks for sharing!!

[@Brianrelix]

I am a mental health therapist and I use this in the background of my sessions. It adds such a calming presence to the environment of my office. TheSilentWatcher, you have no idea the difference and impact that you make in the lives of others by offering videos like this. I can feel that in my personal and professional life as well as from reading the comments posted by others. Thank you.

[@MonthlyFails]

Hello BlueHusky2154, is it possible to contact you regarding this video (i.e. via email)? We would be interested to discuss a license to use this video if this is generally possible to discuss? :) Cheers, Felix

[@rosjja]

No

[@HerdingDogRescuer]

Lived in SD for a long time. The storms there were crazy severe. Not as many tornadoes, but the straight line winds, lightning, and hail were nuts.

[@thanos9846]

Rapid City native, can confirm that!

[@lasagnabeans4656]

The straight line winds even on a clear day were strong enough to break tree limbs I remember walking to work one day in a straight line wind on a clear day I almost got carried away and then a huge tree branch fell right in front of me good thing I was right in front of a hospital cause that thing would’ve knocked me out

[@hauntedmoodylady]

@@lasagnabeans4656 It's a motorcycle destination, the winds, and they are almost always crosswinds can blow you into the next destination, or the next dimension..

[@N.Sardone]

Goodness! That first bit with the flat green expanse and the lightening was beautiful. I’m from the middle of the White Mountains in NH - being able to see that far off in the distance must be pretty cool. Awe inspiring.

[@bluehusky2154]

Hence why everyone loves the Plains for storm chasing. Visibility and road networks are really good.

[@N.Sardone]

@@bluehusky2154 God love ya!! Be careful out there. I’d love to visit but I would definitely miss home!!

[@karenrussell3326]

I'm from the Midwest. It's cool to some people who love storms, but pretty scary if you don't like them. I don't like them.

[@valerieteti1755]

I love the White Mountains!

[@bluehusky2154]

@Zach Seets Yes this was a supercell with a Tornado Warning issued for it, but no tornado ever touched down. The hail still caused a lot of damage in town though

[@jay3368]

Dude that's so wild... those gas prices are almost $5.00

[@davidbelmares715]

Think that’s wild? We’re paying $6.50 and up in California 💸

[@DR.ELEKTRIK]

That's considered cheap here in California!

[@Ranch321]

@@janinegrey6937 biden would have gotten away with it to if not for them middling Republicans.

[@mitchmitchell6387]

Don’t come to England the prices for fuel are ridiculous!

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

@@mitchmitchell6387 …I agree it’s crazy!

[@TCGolfing]

That is some of the best footage I’ve ever seen of a storm in South Dakota! That is awesome! Keep up the great work!

[@CyberBrySkyNet]

Pull in lady! Pull in!!

[@MrMeadfoot]

Hey Blue, you'll be hitting a MILLION hits shortly at this rate, congrats !!!

[@kirkmooneyham]

I'm an aircraft maintenance technician and have sat out a storm like that (thankfully minus the hail) in a widebody aircraft I was working. Couldn't see anything outside. Now I am doubly thankful there was almost no hail except for the pea-size stuff. All I can really say about this video is WOW!

[@StephanyChills]

That cloud in the beginning reminds me of a glacier. The blue-green color is spectacular.

[@davidwright640]

Always scared when the clouds turn blue and green.

[@bluehusky2154]

@@davidwright640 This is caused by the intense precipitation core of the storm filtering out certain colors from the sunlight, especially at sunset or sunrise. It doesn't indicate an imminent tornado, really only indicates heavy rain and possible hail.

[@davidwright640]

@@bluehusky2154 I did not imply or say anything about a tornado. This video was about a hail storm. I thank you for your attempt to educate me.

[@eschnitger]

The white building at 1:02 is just down the hill from my house... We took a hell of a beating....

[@tamaramcgee3493]

I lived in Hawai'i and a terrifying supercell thunderstorm dumped torrential golf ball sized hail that was spiky and stuck to three to four other stones, resulting in softball sized hailstones. I can still hear it on the roof of the house. It was so loud, it was like roaring. My cat was so petrified, she was shaking. It broke my plants on the deck, destroyed the paint on the deck, rails and gates we had just painted three weeks earlier, cracked the cab light and dented the bed of our truck. Worst of all, is that it killed hundreds of birds. It hurt my heart to see them all over the sidewalks and streets. The largest hailstone was measured to be four inches across! I cringed watching this. Those people who managed to get underneath the gas station shelters are blessed. Being trapped in the open would've been much worse.

[@babs629]

OMG Tamara! That sounds terrifying! I'm glad I'm not the only one who notices and worries about the animals during these storms. We usually hear about the people, but rarely is there a moment of acknowledged loss about our wildlife and pets along with people and property. May God Bless your sweet spirit. Hugs from Idaho.

[@langelle1]

I didn't think Hawaii ever got storms like that.

[@tamaramcgee3493]

@@langelle1 I had no idea either. It was an experience I'll never forget.

[@hebneh]

@@langelle1 Hawaii does not get thunderstorms with hail that size. When hail does occur, which is rare, it's small.

[@Jo_Bevan]

💔

[@Tibby1]

This is how we roll in the spring summer in SD!!

[@Klapauzius-369]

Thank you!!!! We LOVE storms and rain.... My dad says: Without wind there is no weather at all!

[@merccadoosis8847]

I was in the town of West St Paul a few weeks back and got in a hail storm. That thing was wicked! Luckily the bus came to bail me out (thankfully, it was only about 3 minutes late). Once inside the bus it sounded like it was being struck with a series of baseball bats. Wow - that was loud In this video you captured much of what I went through. Mother Nature sure can be wicked!

[@wholelottaweather24]

The storms in SD and ND are unbelievable!!

[@PorkChopJones]

What the, what the!!! This is the most amazing wind driven hail footage I have ever seen! Much of it blowing horizontally! What a great day this is for you guys, if you were bird watchers out looking for birds, well you found them, or should I saw they found you! Smart move going inside instead f back to your vehicles. This is a video gem!💎

[@noodlebumper]

That was, incredible. Growing up in Missouri (Saint Louis) we would occasionally see a destructive storm, now that I moved away they've had a tornado a year it seems.

[@sky173]

Amazing footage. Thanks for sharing and keeping the camera still . :) Nice work!

[@hana.the.writer5074]

The sound must have definitely been deafening! I usually enjoy hail storms safely watching from home but there was this one time when it got really and I mean Really loud and totally insane that my inner self felt threatened and forced me to slam shut the window to minimize the deafening sound it was creating crashing onto solid surfaces. Glad you guys and everyone else shielded themselves earlier. It could’ve been bad.

[@steviebboy69]

I had heavy hail and torrential rain a few days before the new year, and on a metal roof it is deafening for sure it was the loudest I have heard. and even heavy rain on the garage roof or carport also metal its noisy AF.

[@WrathRingChaser]

The dakotas never fail when it comes to structure! Great shots!

[@MrZwapp]

WOW that was the craziest hail storm I've ever seen !!! Great job wading that storm out, outside !

[@cydkriletich6538]

Wow. I’m gobsmacked by this storm. Reading the Comments made me think about the poor animals that can get caught and killed in weather like this. I’ve only been in S.D. once, on a road trip to see Mt. Rushmore; it is a much prettier area than I’d anticipated, and the folks there were very friendly. So sorry they have to experience something like this. Mother Nature can really be a madwoman sometimes!

[@checkme1830]

Eh, it’s fine. Most animals also know when to take shelter too. Honestly though, the only abnormal about this weather is the hail. Only happens a few times a year. The wind though, pfft. I’ve seen 60 mph without a cloud in the sky. An old saying is that all South Dakotans are born with a lean (shorter leg). Helps us lean into the wind better.

[@efogg3]

this footage is awsome!!

[@tdog-jy1pp]

I live in sd and I hate these crazy storms but that derecho we got last month was extremely crazy especially since its went from sunny to pitch black within a few minutes

[@shivershanx930]

4:00 Yes, this! This is what ASMR videos ought to be made out of. Keep the storm footage coming 🙂

[@TreasureOutdoors]

Almost looks like a scene out of a movie.... CRAZY!!

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Calling this a storm is kind of an understatement.

[@KoId.]

What would you call it

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@KoId. a tornado

[@KoId.]

@@jayasmrmore3687 this isn’t a tornado though

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@@KoId. it has hail and strong winds though?

[@KoId.]

@@jayasmrmore3687 do you know what a tornado is and looks like? This is just strong straight line wind and hail. There was no tornado within this storm

[@heatherstub]

Absolutely terrifying! Great video, not to mention, the audio quality is tops! At around 5:15, I barely hear you trying to yell above the sound, and that's probably the most horrifying thing about this storm! It took a lot of guts to film this, didn't it? Hear's another point. I've been in a lot of storms, and being totally blind all my life, I can say this would have really scared me if I'd been caught out in a storm like this. Years ago, when I was in Illinois, we got hit by a derecho with rain, thunder and lightning and some hail, but nothing like this. My uncle Don and I got inside the house just in the nick of time. The wind blew so hard that it made the weather stripping "sing". At one point, it sounded like a trumpet, and I'll never forget it. Thank God we didn't get hit by a tornado. I just had to add that I love the Holy sh"ir" at 3:04! That's the same sound affect Pecos Hank uses from the EBS (Emergency Broadcast System) uses, and I love it.

[@anaa2054]

That was an insanely perfect footage! You really deserve more than 1M views.

[@DaWillhouse]

The Wind destroyed those gas prices!!!!

[@kellydoub9462]

The wind and hail, good gosh. That is insane.

[@pickleeggs3340]

“Good gosh”😹good gosh

[@davidmcdonald9164]

That was awesome, you couldn't have picked a better place to film this, great job.

[@chocolate_sauerkraut]

Crazy how many of these storms are happening up in SD. Usually coming in quickly and almost just as fierce as this each time

[@mirandayearwood1234]

happened for centuries hahahahaha have you never heard of the DUST BOWL?!?!

[@maxsteele3359]

I lived in SD for several years and this is pretty much normal. Lots of people drive a beater car to work because of the hail.

[@standunitedorfall1863]

@@mirandayearwood1234 Nothing to laugh about, especially when you are wrong. The dust bowl was caused by drought, and poor farming practices. This is entirely different. Read up on derechos.

[@zekeonstormpeak4186]

OMG the world is coming to an end. Climate change has caused the atmosphere to act normally!!

[@missmindersue]

Weather geo-engineering must stop 😤 NCSWIC 🇺🇸

[@candysmith8724]

I felt so bad for that girl with the broken window. Looks like she was travelling or moving. Insane flying hail storm!

[@davidpin90]

How quickly it went insane. Amazing footage

[@jasonkrause6778]

Insane Storm!!! Thank you for braving those elements hope all is well excellent filming .

[@Longyearbye]

So incredible! So great footage! So great, that you filmed and put here with o-tone! Stay all save!! Many greetings from germany.

[@annualtravellers]

This was truly shocking and scary to watch! I will never complain about our British weather again 😆😳😉

[@pbdye1607]

We're all going to get a taste of this soon enough. =/

[@user-dw7bf7wy4v]

@@pbdye1607 they have alot of bad things for us,but now we know and ar ready 😏

[@jackpop4133]

used to have a restaurant in Belle fourche, it had hail sometimes but not like this one! nice chase!

[@SunCoastFilms]

That was crazy!! Those clouds in the beginning! I knew it was about to go down. Glad everyone was Okay! Excellent camera work.

[@sergeantbilko7070]

Thanks for posting this. I love these kinds of videos.

[@jeffbarnes54]

That is Friggin scary as F. I've been in some bad hail storms in WY and CO but NOTHING like this, I would have been freaking out if I was in that Escape trying to keep that hail out of my car. I also would have been afraid that canopy over the pumps would come down.

[@sailor1553]

Why wouldn't they move to side of the building to get out of the wind?

[@melanieevaldi6468]

My sentiments exactly !

[@MichaelLee-dt1iw]

This is unfreakingbelievable! I have never seen anything like this. Wind driven hail…..it is terrifying. Do we know how fast those winds were at the peak of the hail event? Great footage. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@fireuup7096]

Yep, 80-90 mph winds just like the last storm that hit the northern part of sd

[@acde9355]

It's amazing! It really feels me like standing in a storm-topic movie.

[@kairon156]

Great footage. I hope your doing okay after such a powerful storm.

[@petepal55]

I always wondered why there were no trees on the Great Plains. This explains it pretty well.

[@TimBoyd2012]

When the area was first being settled, it was called tge Great American Desert

[@cinnamonstar808]

YOU DONT KNOW THE HISTORY OF THIS CONTINENT. when you have "thanos" like wars on a continent what trees??? this continent has an older civilization than Africa. this continent is curse: it always get rid of its occupants. and the Black Europeans ruling class🤴🏾 👸🏾 knew it and dumped you off here. ......🔥🔥👍🔥. RITUALS must be done religiously to live on this side of the Earth; why do you thinks is always empty in history and when you violate sacred sites and land = you get this. its about to get worst

[@codymoe4986]

There's no trees on the Great Plains? Must be a couple thousand mirages in my backyard, huh? P.S. Did you know that a majority of the Great Plains used to be under an ancient, inland sea? Wonder if that has anything to do with it?

[@MrEcm51]

My mom and I drove through a storm like this about 5 years ago while going northbound on I-65 towards Indianapolis. It was around 8:30am and we were in rush hour traffic. The sky got pitch black and you could see the lightning in front of the storm as it rolled towards us. A few minutes later, the sky opened up and it started hailing and raining so hard that we couldn’t see the end of the hood of the car. Everybody stopped along I-65 in the middle of the interstate with their flashers on. The wind was so intense and lightning cracking. I’ll never forget that morning.

[@Spreadhead1013]

I’ve watched a lot of videos. This one I will never forget.

[@jesus.portilla]

Excellent video and kudos to the guy who stayed outside filming everything!

[@judil3294]

Wow, that wind was insane. Thankful that you were under cover.

[@easternsaxon7820]

Lived in southern Manitoba for many years and seen lots of those storms roll in and out. Pretty crazy if you’re in the middle of it.

[@richardlong8014]

Arizona could use some of this.

[@richj011]

saw a lot of storms

[@tychoman]

The bleep using the emergency alert notification sound SENT ME

[@ronnyvanderwee417]

Holy c... what a storm. Great video. Thank You.

[@weathermanofthenorth1547]

I'm in the middle of the Enhanced risk today. Am expecting hail to baseball size, if not larger, damaging winds of 60-85 mph, and several tornadoes, including at least a couple strong tornadoes.

[@bluehusky2154]

If I didn't have to work today I'd be chasing up there. 10% hatched TOR in the latest SPC outlook

[@ulrichvonstomp6031]

I feel bad for the owner of that SUV... I'm sure they were freaking out! I Remember getting caught in a nasty hail storm at the north softball diamonds in Aberdeen. It hit suddenly and dropped a ton of golf ball to baseball sized hail. Both my wife and I got hit several times before making it to our car. We got in the car just before a large hail stone took out our windshield! Luckily being safety glass it just spidered and kept us protected!

[@apriljohnson421]

I thought she was going to drive off but instead, just sat there until it got worse…

[@standunitedorfall1863]

@@apriljohnson421 Why on earth would she drive out from under the shelter. At least she has some protection there.

[@coyot.]

Pretty cool I stumbled upon your channel! Happy to see more furs storm chasing like me! Also pretty crazy storm, ive seen hail storms like like this before.

[@lasalleman6792]

Great video; scary storm. Hope everyone is OK.

[@willchristensen401]

I just wanna say I live in the Sioux Falls area and you guys definitely got the worst part of it. We really only got wind and some hail

[@lerkzor]

Same, in fact at my house there was only like 12 pea-sized hailstones. However, the wind blast pushed an empty flatbed trailer about 20' down the road, ramming it into a pickup sitting there.

[@patrickmcgunagle651]

Cool storm! Reminds me of some storms I saw when I worked in Gillette. I was out for a long run on some old gravel roads one night and got caught in some hail like this; had to shelter behind a cut bank that was just barely steep enough for me to hide behind because the hail wasn't coming straight down!

[@josephastier7421]

The more times the same lightning bolt blinks, the stronger the storm. When they're doing it like a dozen or so times, the storm is a monster.

[@SethLovesMovies]

This is my hometown! I ended up losing about 5 windows when it was all over. I haven’t seen anything quite this bad in my shorter lifetime

[@anni50ful]

Incredible! Living by the coast here in Cornwall UK,we experience Force 12 winds in the winter storms,but this is off the scale,I wonder if anyone recorded that wind speed? Thank you for keeping your nerve ☺

[@lerkzor]

If it's the storm I am thinking of, sustained winds were over 80mph with gusts over 100mph

[@nicholasfu5937]

A force 12 storm is nothing

[@G-Lenz5791]

Wild Storm. Great footage!

[@michaelespeland]

Wow, very severe! Nice job on the filming. This is quality

[@DustinRZR]

Notice on the slow speed on the silver escape at the same time the window was being busted out the passenger taillight gets busted as well. Crazy to see sideways hail

[@sandranatali1260]

I've lived on Big Island of Hawaii for 27 years and have seen hail one time here, the same day a tornado hit in a bay, about 5 miles away. Caused small damage but didn't form bigger. Have not experienced that type of weather since. Very unusual weather for Hawaii.

[@243wayne1]

Watch me not care.

[@243wayne1]

@@aIysssa Yes recently, and I *STILL* don't care...

[@MattOlshove-fk7us]

I lived in hawi for 5 years

[@MattOlshove-fk7us]

Now I live in south Dakota

[@kylie-mareebaldwin4672]

Greetings from Australia. Obviously the silver car needed to move forward a bit more. The electric blue hue in the storm clouds was a good indication that hail was coming. A totally wild storm, thank God for the refuge of the servo, what you call gas station.

[@adamsioux1]

Ya that was a good day to live in South Dakota (Garretson). For some reason the past ten years have been crazy we had over five times were I live with winds over sixty miles a hour and the worst was one hundred an thirty it tore are town apart. A few weeks ago we had golf ball size hail and a wall wind of over seventy. That was after what you recorded. Good video .....

[@NemeanLion-]

I know hindsight is 20/20, but I’m surprised no one drove to the other side of the building to block some of the wind and hail.

[@CJW0056]

i was thinking this too about the lady with the broken side window, but I bet it was so loud she couldn't even tell where the hail was hitting her.

[@NemeanLion-]

@@CJW0056 that could be

[@be5952]

Yes! Had she even driven to the 'right' hand side of the canopy, she likely wouldn't have had as strong a direct hit from the hail and saved her window.

[@KRich408]

wow we are planning on staying the summer in the Badlands area of SD in a camper. I sure hope we don't have to deal with this ! and I hope our insurance covers this kind of damage!! that's some crazy weather! something is definitely wrong Yellowstone just got almost wiped out, where we are now all the Federal parks are closed because of fires in New Mexico and Colorado, most of our reservation have been cancelled 😔.had to find alternative private parks to stay at

[@messengerpdx]

Apocalyptic...excellent recording, mesmerizing from beginning to end!

[@dhhenry7558]

We actually were through SD on a bus trip a few days later, thanks for filming that.

[@user-vz2cx3yo2n]

Not sure what is worse, the hail or those gas prices.

[@robertforget6369]

that was a bad one great camera work , i was camping a bolt of lighting hit camper power cord 10 feet away from us on that same day but in ontario canada crazy weather day

[@m18tankdestroyer43]

I loved the way the electric power cuts out then try’s to restart.

[@Moth11]

That was insane bro thanks for capturing

[@DinkTank369]

That was crazy insane. WOWZA 🙏 everybody's ok.

[@KeaveMind]

First the intensity of the wind looked very much like a downburst but it just kept going and going! I never saw sideways hail like that

[@debbieredikerwhitt]

That is incredible footage you got that shot of the supercell amazing

[@riseandshinemrfriman5925]

Medieval Storm approaching: _"Hail, citizen!"_

[@hebneh]

When the silver SUV pulled up, I knew that the driver was unfortunately clueless about what was going on. Stopping in that location was pretty much like being completely out in the open, with hail being blown horizontally for minutes. She needed to have driven around to the other side of the canopy to get any protection.

[@josephastier7421]

Or get behind a wall, or even a larger vehicle.