Hail, Jones
- When
- August 26, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, Murdo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -100.720
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 1998
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 6
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 11 mi N of Lantry
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -101.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 11 mi N of Lantry
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -101.430
Winds gusting to 80 mph combined with baseball size hail broke windows out of a house north of Lantry and also damaged the house and other buildings.
Hail, Walworth
- When
- August 26, 6:22 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, 1 mi S of Glenham
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.520, -100.270
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, Timber Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -101.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 26, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County, Java
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -99.900
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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in Virginia, August 26 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- Hurricane in South Carolina, August 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Utah, August 26, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 26, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 26, 1998
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: 5664834, 5664837, 5664838, 5664835, 5664836, 5664839.