Hail, Harding
- When
- July 14, 5:10 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 8 mi SSE of Ralph
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.663, -103.007
Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 14, 2011
Large hail and strong wind gusts accompanied a severe thunderstorm between Ralph and Prairie City.
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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Large hail and strong wind gusts accompanied a severe thunderstorm between Ralph and Prairie City.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Perkins
- When
- July 14, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 10.9 mi NNW of Prairie City
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.680, -102.890
Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins
- When
- July 14, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 10.9 mi NNW of Prairie City
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.680, -102.890
Large hail accompanied the strong wind gusts.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Wildfire in Texas, July 14, 2011
- Damaging Winds in New Mexico, July 14, 2011
- Excessive Heat in Kansas, July 14 to 23, 2011
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 14, 2011
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 14, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Dakota, July 14 to 15, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 14 to 16, 2011
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 2011
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 14, 2011
- Flooding in Iowa, July 14 to 23, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 14, 2011
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: 314030, 314035, 314047.