Hail in Kingsbury County, South Dakota

Hail August 21, 2025 · Kingsbury County, South Dakota

1 in

Hail diameter

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

The wider storm

Clusters of slow moving thunderstorms with embedded supercells developed within an environment of 40 kts of deep-layer shear and 2000 J/kg MLCAPE as a mid-level wave moved across the region. Isolated stronger storms had persistent enough updrafts to produce large hail, along with pockets of heavier rainfall of up to 5 to 7 inches in parts of Beadle County.

Began near Esmond (44.2600, -97.7731).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1290948. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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