Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 3:14 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -103.820
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 1979
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Event by event
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -103.850
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -103.880
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 7, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -103.850
Hail, Meade
- When
- August 7, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -103.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- August 7, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.220
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 7, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -103.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- August 7, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 43.750, -101.950
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- August 7, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -96.720
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10124506, 10124507, 10124508, 10124509, 10124510, 10124511, 10124512, 10124513, 10124514.