Hail, Todd
- When
- July 22, 4:15 PM MST to 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Todd County, Lakeview
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -100.770
Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1997
Hail pounded the Lakeview area wiping out corn and oat fields. Several homes had broken windows, and minor structural damage.
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
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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 UNR wrote it up.
Hail pounded the Lakeview area wiping out corn and oat fields. Several homes had broken windows, and minor structural damage. Hail piled up three to four inches deep.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 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 and Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 22, 1997
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 1997
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: 5610660.