Hail, Ziebach
- When
- May 16, 9:15 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach County, Glad Vly
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -101.750
Hail in South Dakota, May 16, 1996
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Northwest South Dakota producing areas of wind and hail damage in Harding, Butte, Perkins, and Ziebach counties. The most extensive damage was in Perkins County where many trees were damaged or uprooted, power lines were blown down, and buildings were damaged in the vicinity of Lemmon.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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 UNR wrote it up.
A line of severe thunderstorms moved across Northwest South Dakota producing areas of wind and hail damage in Harding, Butte, Perkins, and Ziebach counties. The most extensive damage was in Perkins County where many trees were damaged or uprooted, power lines were blown down, and buildings were damaged in the vicinity of Lemmon.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 165 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:14 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
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16 to 17, 1996
- Flooding in Montana, May 16, 1996
- Flood in California, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16 to 17, 1996
- Flood in Utah, May 16, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, May 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, May 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 16, 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5554634.