Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- April 23, 7:58 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 15 mi W of Pine Ridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -102.867
Hail in South Dakota, April 23, 2008
Severe thunderstorms redeveloped across Shannon County late in the evening and produced hail to nickel size.
Where it happened
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- 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 thunderstorms redeveloped across Shannon County late in the evening and produced hail to nickel size.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:59 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Oglala Lakota
- When
- April 23, 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 5 mi S of Manderson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.158, -102.480
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: 86628, 86629.