Hail, Lawrence
- When
- July 8, 10:40 AM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Cheyenne Crossing
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 44.330, -103.670
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
2 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Rapid City radar (KUDX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:38 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Funnel Cloud, Mellette
- When
- July 8, 11:34 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Mellette County, 9 mi SE of Norris
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTHERN MELLITTE COUNTY.
Tornado, Tripp
- When
- July 8, 11:50 AM MST
- Where
- Tripp County, Winner to 25 mi NW of Winner
- Rating
- F0
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -100.050
BRIEF TOUCHDOWN NEAR LONG VALLEY.
Funnel Cloud, Tripp
- When
- July 8, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tripp County, 20 mi NNW of Winner
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
FUNNEL CLOUDS CONTINUED AS THE STORMS MOVED INTO TRIPP COUNTY.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- July 8, 12:15 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.220
OVER NORTH RAPID CITY
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in New York, July 8 to 10, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood in New York, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, July 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Montana, July 8, 1998
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Missouri, July 8 to 12, 1998
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1998Warnings in South Dakota, July 1998
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: 5658117, 5658118, 5658120, 5658119, 5658121.