Hail, Hand
- When
- February 25, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County, 12 mi S of Miller
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -98.983
Hail and Lightning Strike in South Dakota, February 25, 2000
4 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
- 0
- 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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lyman
- When
- February 25, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County, Oacoma
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -99.400
Hail, Lyman
- When
- February 25, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County, 5 mi E of Vivian
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.917, -100.183
Hail, Hand
- When
- February 25, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County, 10 mi S of Vayland
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.333, -98.783
Lightning, Grant
- When
- February 25, 9:00 PM CST to 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Milbank
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Late in the evening in Milbank, lightning damaged a few homes, a carwash, the alarms at two schools, a power pole and a transformer. The wiring in one house was severely damaged and the ham radio was damaged at another house.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, February 25, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, February 25, 2000
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 25 to 27, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, February 25 to 26, 2000
- Excessive Heat in West Virginia, February 25, 2000
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, February 25, 2000
- Tornado in Missouri, February 25, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, February 25, 2000
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, February 2000
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: 5132271, 5132272, 5132273, 5132274, 5132275.