Hail, Harding
- When
- July 18, 2:28 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 9 mi SSW of Ludlow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.710, -103.451
Wind gusts to 50 mph accompanied the storm.
Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 2007
Severe storms across Harding and Butte Counties produced hail to the size of quarters.
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
- 2
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.
Severe storms across Harding and Butte Counties produced hail to the size of quarters.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 183 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:28 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Butte
- When
- July 18, 4:10 PM MST to 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- Butte County, 11 mi N of Castle Rock
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.129, -103.430
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 35430, 35431.