Hail, Lawrence
- When
- July 25, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Lawrence County, 8 mi W of Spearfish
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -104.012
Hail in South Dakota, July 25, 2011
A severe thunderstorm developed over northeastern Wyoming and produced quarter sized hail west of Spearfish.
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
- 1
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.
A severe thunderstorm developed over northeastern Wyoming and produced quarter sized hail west of Spearfish.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:26 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 25, 2011
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 25, 2011
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 25, 2011
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 25, 2011
- Flood in Pennsylvania, July 25, 2011
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- Hail in Minnesota, July 25, 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: 330884.