Hail, Perkins
- When
- August 31, 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, Shadehill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.770, -102.180
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 31, 1997
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 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.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:05 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Harding
- When
- August 31, 6:45 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, Buffalo
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.550
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1997
- High Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 31, 1997
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: 5614437, 5614438.