Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 2:02 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 0.98 mi W of Eagle Butte
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -101.250
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 26, 2020
Severe thunderstorms across central and north central South Dakota brought nickel to baseball size hail along with sixty to eighty mph winds causing some damage.
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
- 16
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 ABR wrote it up.
Severe thunderstorms across central and north central South Dakota brought nickel to baseball size hail along with sixty to eighty mph winds causing some damage.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 159 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:00 UTC.
Event by event
12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 2:06 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 0.49 mi W of Eagle Butte
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -101.240
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanley
- When
- August 26, 2:17 PM MST
- Where
- Stanley County, 8.34 mi ENE of Hayes Hamilton Arpt
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -101.140
Hail, Stanley
- When
- August 26, 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Stanley County, 9.72 mi N of Sansarc
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.640, -101.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanley
- When
- August 26, 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Stanley County, 9.72 mi N of Sansarc
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.640, -101.050
Estimated eighty mph winds took the roof off an outbuilding along with blowing the door in on another outbuilding.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 2:30 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 4.53 mi NW of Parade
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.080, -101.160
Hail, Stanley
- When
- August 26, 2:45 PM MST
- Where
- Stanley County, 8.05 mi ENE of Sansarc
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.560, -100.890
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 6.04 mi SSE of Isabel
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -101.380
Hail, Stanley
- When
- August 26, 3:48 PM MST
- Where
- Stanley County, 5.65 mi WSW of Sansarc
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.460, -101.130
Baseball size hail broke six windows on the north and west sides of the home.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 3:58 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 5.39 mi E of Whitehorse
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -100.790
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 4:13 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, Timber Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -101.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 4:13 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 0.48 mi W of Timber Lake
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -101.080
Sixty mph winds were estimated.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 4:17 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, Timber Lake
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.430, -101.070
Hail, Dewey
- When
- August 26, 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Dewey County, 0.69 mi N of Timber Lake
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.440, -101.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Corson
- When
- August 26, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Corson County, 11.1 mi S of Bullhead
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.610, -101.060
Hail, Jones
- When
- August 26, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 5.06 mi SSE of Okaton
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -100.870
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.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 915326, 915327, 915360, 915342, 915359, 915343, 915345, 915347, 915348, 915349, 915350, 915364, 915353, 915355, 915365, 915356.