Hail, Lyman
- When
- May 18, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County, 2 mi SW of Oacoma
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -99.420
Hail in South Dakota, May 18, 1996
Golfball sized hail damaged nine vehicles 1 1/2 miles southwest of Oacoma.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 ABR wrote it up.
Golfball sized hail damaged nine vehicles 1 1/2 miles southwest of Oacoma.
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 203 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:26 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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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: 5566755.