Hail, Harding
- When
- July 14, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 1 mi S of Ludlow
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.816, -103.380
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 14, 2016
A long-lived supercell thunderstorm tracked southeast from Harding County to Haakon County during the evening. The storm produced large hail and eventually strong wind gusts as it moved across the area.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 14
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 long-lived supercell thunderstorm tracked southeast from Harding County to Haakon County during the evening. The storm produced large hail and eventually strong wind gusts as it moved across the area.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 4:16 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 4:16 PM MST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 193 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:41 UTC.
Event by event
11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Harding
- When
- July 14, 6:10 PM MST to 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, Reva
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -103.080
Hail, Harding
- When
- July 14, 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 2.28 mi E of Reva
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.546, -103.033
Hail, Harding
- When
- July 14, 6:20 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, 6.34 mi ESE of Reva
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.531, -102.952
Hail, Perkins
- When
- July 14, 6:55 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 15.21 mi SE of Sorum
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.325, -102.672
Hail, Perkins
- When
- July 14, 7:10 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 16.76 mi WSW of Usta
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.111, -102.468
Hail, Perkins
- When
- July 14, 7:22 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 16.71 mi SW of Usta
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.046, -102.397
Wind gusts to 50 mph also accompanied the storm.
Hail, Meade
- When
- July 14, 7:44 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, 11.35 mi E of Opal
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.907, -102.248
Hail, Meade
- When
- July 14, 7:54 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, 13.78 mi SSW of Faith
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.849, -102.149
The storm also produced wind gusts to 50 mph.
Hail, Meade
- When
- July 14, 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, 10 mi NNW of Howes
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.754, -102.128
Hail to quarter size and wind gusts to 50 mph were reported with the storm.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 14, 8:15 PM MST
- Where
- Meade County, 7.3 mi NNW of Howes
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.719, -102.102
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Hail, Ziebach
- When
- July 14, 8:20 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach County, 4.86 mi N of Bridger
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -101.910
Thunderstorm Wind, Ziebach
- When
- July 14, 8:20 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach County, 4.86 mi N of Bridger
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.620, -101.910
Strong wind gusts broke tree branches.
Thunderstorm Wind, Ziebach
- When
- July 14, 8:30 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach County, 2 mi SW of Bridger
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Department of Highways
- Coordinates
- 44.529, -101.929
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.
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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: 644294, 644295, 648547, 648549, 644298, 644299, 644300, 644301, 644302, 644303, 644304, 644305, 644306, 644307.