A harsh summer thunderstorm made its way through the Black Hills today, dropping torrential rains and up to golf ball size hail. The northern Black Hills were hit especially hard. When all was said and done, the Lead-Deadwood area got about 4 inches of rain and there were piles of hail sitting around town that looked just like snowdrifts.

I was in Deadwood when the storm hit and got a couple of short video clips of the nasty weather. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – the weather around these parts is predictably unpredictable, so keep your eyes to the sky and always use some common sense when out and about enjoying the Black Hills.

This is Sherman Street, one of the main routes through Historic Deadwood. The First Baptist Church and Deadwood City Hall can be seen across the street.

Hail pounded down on the Miller Street parking lot, a block east of Sherman Street in Deadwood.