Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 11, 12:55 PM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, Cheyenne Crossing
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.330, -103.670
Hail and Lightning Strike in South Dakota, August 11, 1999
8 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 9
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
8 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 11, 1:03 PM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 4 mi SW of Lead
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -103.800
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 11, 1:55 PM MST to 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 5 mi SW of Nemo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -103.570
Hail was in drifted up to a foot deep along portions of Highway 385.
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 11, 2:03 PM MST to 2:07 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 2 mi NE of Silver City
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -103.530
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 11, 2:27 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 3 mi SW of Johnson Siding
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- PARK/FOREST SERVICE
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -103.480
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 11, 2:35 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Johnson Siding
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.430
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 11, 3:03 PM MST to 3:09 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, 5 mi SW of Rapid City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -103.280
Hail, Harding
- When
- August 11, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 5 mi NW of Buffalo
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -103.620
Lightning, Todd
- When
- August 11, 7:57 PM MST
- Where
- Todd County, Parmelee
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 32 year old man was paralyzed by lightning when lightning struck the screen door in front of him. He was knocked to the ground and witnesses say that he was indirectly hit by the lightning strike. Paramedics on scene noted that there were no entrance or exit wounds. He was transported to Rapid City for medical care.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 11, 1999
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5719756, 5719757, 5719760, 5719758, 5719759, 5719761, 5719762, 5719763, 5719764.