Hail, Charles Mix
- When
- August 6, 4:50 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County, Wagner to Dante
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -98.300
Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1996
Hail damaged crops with the heaviest damage occurring in a strip 2 miles wide and 6 miles long southeast of Wagner. Several crops were affected with soybeans and sunflowers judged to have suffered the most damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Hail damaged crops with the heaviest damage occurring in a strip 2 miles wide and 6 miles long southeast of Wagner. Several crops were affected with soybeans and sunflowers judged to have suffered the most damage.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 139 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:49 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 6, 1996
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: 5566897.