Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 1994

Name: Hail in South Dakota, May 20, 1994
Start: 1994-05-20T20:00
End: 1994-05-20T20:15
Location: South Dakota

May 20, 1994 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Campbell

When: May 20, 8:00 PM CDT
Where: Campbell County, Harried
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 45.771, -100.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Around three inches of rain flooded several basements and hail covering the ground caused undetermined crop damage.

Hail, Jones

When: May 20, 8:15 PM CDT
Where: Jones County, Murdo
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 43.961, -100.690 (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

Every storm in South Dakota in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, May 1994

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: 10346220, 10346915.