Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 6, 1:25 PM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Nemo
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.359, -103.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1993
6 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Events
- 6
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. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Meade and Pennington
- When
- August 6, 1:44 PM MST
- Where
- Meade and Pennington County, Black Hawk
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 6, 2:20 PM MST to 2:35 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, To 7 Sw to to Rapid City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A hailstorm pounded an area 2 miles wide from western Rapid City to Hart Ranch, 9 miles south of Rapid City. The hail piled up as much as 1 foot deep.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 6, 3:07 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Very heavy precipitation caused water to run 3 to 4 feet deep over a road. Ten minutes later the water level was down to 3 inches depth.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 6, 3:14 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Very heavy precipitation caused water to run 3 to 4 feet deep over a road. Ten minutes later the water level was down to 3 inches depth.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 6, 6:19 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rochford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (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.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 1993
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 6, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Montana, August 6, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 6, 1993
- Hail in Michigan, August 6, 1993
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 6, 1993
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 6, 1993
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: 10346247, 10346445, 10346602, 10346603, 10346604, 10346605.