Hail, Fall River
- When
- April 23, 4:40 PM MST
- Where
- Fall River County, 4 mi W of Oelrichs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -103.229
Hail in South Dakota, April 23, 2008
Severe thunderstorms produced hail to golf ball size across Fall River and Shannon Counties.
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
- 4
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 thunderstorms produced hail to golf ball size across Fall River and Shannon Counties.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 108 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:37 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Fall River
- When
- April 23, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Fall River County, Oelrichs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.200, -103.150
Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- April 23, 6:22 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 1 mi S of Oglala
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.166, -102.750
Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- April 23, 6:55 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 11 mi NNW of Porcupine
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 43.377, -102.414
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: 86614, 86616, 86617, 86618.