Storm reports for August 11, 2013

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On August 11, 2013, 26 hail, 11 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Custer County, SD.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (26)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $6.5 million in property damage and $25,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (38 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pennington County, SD (near Hill City) · Hail 1.75″ · $6 million
  “Golf ball size hail was reported from Hill City to Palmer Gulch southeast of town, causing extensive damage to vehicles and property.”
• Ouachita Parish, LA (near Steven) · Thunderstorm wind 62 mph · $30,000
  “Damaging thunderstorm wind gust downed a tree on a home in West Monroe, Louisiana. There were no reports of injuries.”
• Pennington County, SD (near Hill City) · Tornado EF1 · $25,000
  “A small tornado touched down south of Hill City near the Mickelson Trail. It continued to the south, crossing the Needles Highway (SD Highway 87) east of US Highway 16/385. The tornado blew down and snapped numerous large Ponderosa Pine trees and blew a few shingles off a house.”
• Custer County, SD (near Custer) · Hail 1.75″ · $25,000
  “Hail covered the ground around Sanator. Snowplows had to clear the hail from U.S. Highway 385.”
• Fall River County, SD (near Hot Springs) · Hail 2.00″ · $10,000
  “Two inch diameter hail damaged property.”
• Webster County, IA (near Callender) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $5,000
  “Multiple 3-4 inches diameter limbs down in the yard. Pea size hail as well.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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