Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- June 11, 11:50 AM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 2 mi W of Oglala
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -102.780
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 11, 1997
A cluster of thunderstorms over southwest and south-central South Dakota produced hail up to golfball size in diameter and a brief tornado. No injuries or damage were reported by the hail or the tornado.
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
- 4
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 cluster of thunderstorms over southwest and south-central South Dakota produced hail up to golfball size in diameter and a brief tornado. No injuries or damage were reported by the hail or the tornado.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:50 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- June 11, 12:05 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 3 mi SE of Oglala
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -102.700
Tornado, Mellette
- When
- June 11, 12:25 PM MST
- Where
- Mellette County, White River
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 1 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -100.750
Hail, Mellette
- When
- June 11, 1:25 PM MST
- Where
- Mellette County, White River
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -100.750
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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: 5604190, 5604191, 5604193, 5604192.