Hail, Brown
- When
- August 28, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Leola
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in South Dakota, August 28, 1993
5 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- $51,000
- Events
- 5
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
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 28, 7:30 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, To 4 Nw to Barnard
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe hailstorm with hail up to baseball size damaged a home and at least 160 acres of wheat and corn seven miles west of Barnard. Windows were knocked out on several other homes and farm buildings in the area. Most of the hail was from 0.75 to 1.75 of an inch in diameter.
Hail, McPherson
- When
- August 28, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County, Leola
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Edmunds
- When
- August 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds County, Ipswich
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 28, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Aberdeen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 10346630, 10346631, 10346348, 10346425, 10346632.