Hail, Perkins
- When
- September 10, 7:10 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 4 mi SSW of Lemmon
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.886, -102.192
Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 2009
Severe thunderstorms developed across Perkins County as a cold front swept across the region, producing golf ball sized hail.
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 developed across Perkins County as a cold front swept across the region, producing golf ball sized hail.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:07 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Perkins
- When
- September 10, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 4.5 mi SSE of Lemmon
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.880, -102.124
Hail, Perkins
- When
- September 10, 9:20 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 7.08 mi SSE of Shadehill
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.682, -102.105
Hail, Perkins
- When
- September 10, 9:30 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 14.56 mi WSW of Usta
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.110, -102.425
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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- High Wind and High Surf in Delaware, September 10 to 11, 2009
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, September 10 to 11, 2009
- Hail in South Dakota, September 10, 2009
- High Surf in Hawaii, September 10 to 13, 2009
- Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, September 10, 2009
- Damaging Wind in Puerto Rico, September 10, 2009
- High Wind in Alaska, September 10, 2009
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: 191335, 191336, 191338, 191341.