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Hail, Wind & Tornado Reports in and near Gary, SD

Public hail, wind, and tornado reports in and near Gary, SD from September 8, 1983 through September 14, 2025, sourced from NOAA/NWS Local Storm Reports and SPC storm report data.

Example: 57237 — search hail, wind and tornado public reports for any U.S. ZIP code 
Hail Reports
16
Wind Reports
11
Tornado Reports
6
Max Hail Size
2.75″
Source  NOAA SPC · NWS Local Storm Reports Coverage  Gary, SD · 1983–present Updated  Daily · last Sep 14, 2025

Latest NWS Hail Reports in and near Gary, SD

16 reports
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2.00″ hail
Jun 30, 2025
1:58 AM UTC
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: Report from mPING: Hen Egg (2.00 in.).
NWS Hail Report Location: 3 S Gary, SD
1.00″ hail
Jun 12, 2024
12:33 PM UTC
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 1 NW Gary, SD
1.25″ hail
May 9, 2022
11:49 AM UTC
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
NWS Hail Report Location: Lake Cochrane Rec Area, SD
1.00″ hail
Jun 4, 2019
8:41 PM UTC
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 7 NNE Moritz, SD
1.00″ hail
Jun 5, 2014
3:14 PM CST-6
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 2.93 SSW Gary, SD
1.00″ hail
Aug 1, 2012
4:00 PM CST-6
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 7.6 S Gary, SD
1.00″ hail
Aug 7, 2010
3:20 AM CST-6
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 4.4 NNE Moritz, SD
0.88″ hail
May 25, 2008
6:45 AM CST-6
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 2.4 NW Gary, SD
0.75″ hail
May 25, 2008
6:45 AM CST-6
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 1.47 W Gary, SD
0.75″ hail
May 25, 2008
6:43 AM CST-6
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 2.81 WSW Gary, SD
0.75″ hail
Jul 20, 2003
2:43 AM CST
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Gary, SD
0.88″ hail
Sep 22, 2001
5:35 PM CST
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: 10 N Gary, SD
0.88″ hail
May 30, 1998
7:30 PM CST
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Gary, SD
1.00″ hail
May 22, 1990
6:50 PM CST
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Not provided, SD
2.75″ hail
Aug 21, 1987
2:30 PM CST
Hail report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Hail Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Hail Report Location: Not provided, SD
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Hail Damage Risk for Your Home +

Hail reports describe hail by diameter, often comparing stone size to familiar objects like peas, quarters, golf balls, and softballs. Use this guide as a starting point for possible hail damage to your roof, siding, gutters, vents, windows, and exterior. Actual hail damage depends on hail hardness, density, wind speed, impact angle, roof age, shingle condition, roof pitch, roofing material, installation quality, and prior storm damage.

Pea
0.25″
Low

Usually too small to cause hail damage to most sound asphalt roofs, siding, or gutters.

Mothball
0.50″
Sub-Severe Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but not always harmless. Repeated small hail can scuff surfaces, wear aging shingles, and loosen protective granules over time.

Penny
0.75″
Minor / Watch

Below the NWS severe-hail threshold, but roof hail damage is still possible on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged shingles. May also mark screens, vents, gutters, and soft metal.

Nickel
0.88″
Minor / Watch

Still below the severe-hail threshold, but large enough to leave visible marks on soft metal and add wear to older or hail-weakened roof shingles.

Quarter
1.00″
Watch

The NWS severe-hail threshold. Quarter-size hail can bruise shingles, dent soft metal, and create roof hail damage worth checking.

Half Dollar
1.25″
Watch

More likely to dent gutters, vents, flashing, and siding. Hail damage risk rises quickly on older roofs or hail-weakened shingles.

Ping Pong / Walnut
1.50″
Likely

Hail damage becomes more likely, including bruised shingles, granule loss, dented siding, and damaged roof vents.

Golf Ball
1.75″
Likely

Often causes roof hail damage, cracked shingles, dented gutters, damaged flashing, and siding impacts. A roof inspection is recommended.

Hen Egg
2.00″
Serious

Can crack or puncture shingles, expose mat, dent siding, and cause widespread hail damage across the roof and exterior.

Tennis Ball
2.50″
Serious

Can cause heavy roof hail damage, punctured siding, broken skylights, damaged vents, and widespread exterior damage.

Baseball
2.75″
Major

Major hail damage is likely, including severe roof impacts, damaged siding, broken windows, and possible major roof repairs.

Tea Cup / Large Apple
3.00″
Major

Can cause heavy hail damage across the roof, siding, gutters, windows, and exterior. Significant repairs are often needed.

Softball
4.00″
Extreme

Destructive hail damage. Can severely damage roofing materials, siding, windows, gutters, vents, vehicles, and exterior surfaces.

Grapefruit
4.50″
Extreme

Catastrophic hail damage risk for roofs, windows, vehicles, siding, gutters, and exterior surfaces.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service hail size references are used for hail-size comparisons and the 1.00″ severe-hail threshold. Damage descriptions are general homeowner guidance, not official NOAA/NWS damage ratings. Sub-severe hail under 1.00″ is below the severe threshold, but that does not mean “no roof damage.” Penny- to nickel-size hail can still contribute to granule loss, cosmetic surface marks, and added wear, especially on older, brittle, poorly installed, or previously damaged roofs.

Latest NWS Wind Reports in and near Gary, SD

11 reports
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68 mph
Sep 14, 2025
10:10 PM UTC
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: personal weather station.
NWS Wind Report Location: 3 NNW Lake Cochrane Rec, SD
UNK mph
Jun 1, 2022
5:19 AM UTC
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: T STORM WIND DAMAGE...A FEW BRANCHES DOWN.
NWS Wind Report Location: 2 SW Gary, SD
70 mph
May 12, 2022
11:07 PM UTC
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Gary, SD
UNK mph
May 12, 2022
11:05 PM UTC
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: HOUSE AND SHED DAMAGE... TURNED OVER SEMITRUCK.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 S Gary, SD
102 mph
May 12, 2022
10:50 PM UTC
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: AMBIENT WEATHER STATION. NEARBY REPORT OF TREE DOWN.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1 WNW Lake Cochrane Rec, SD
60 mph
Jul 31, 2009
5:15 PM CST-6
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: Numerous tree limbs were downed by sixty mph winds.
NWS Wind Report Location: 1.69 NE Moritz, SD
64 mph
Jul 7, 1988
3:30 PM CST
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, SD
67 mph
Jul 5, 1987
9:30 PM CST
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, SD
UNK mph
Jul 29, 1986
11:10 PM CST
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, SD
UNK mph
Apr 27, 1984
5:00 PM CST
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, SD
UNK mph
Sep 8, 1983
9:00 PM CST
Wind report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Wind Report Description: No National Weather Service description provided.
NWS Wind Report Location: Not provided, SD
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Wind Damage Risk for Your Home +

Storm reports list thunderstorm wind gusts in mph. The NWS marks storms as severe at 58+ mph, but wind damage to your home depends on roof age, shingle condition, installation, exposure, nearby trees, and prior hail or wind damage.

Below Severe
Under 58 mph
Minor

Usually little damage to a sound roof, but loose shingles, flashing, or debris may shift.

Severe
58–74 mph
Watch

Can loosen shingles, lift flashing, break limbs, and damage gutters, siding, fences, or trim.

Damaging
75–90 mph
Serious

Can peel shingles, damage vents, tear siding, rip gutters, and expose weak roof areas.

Extreme
90+ mph
Major

Can cause major roof covering loss, tree damage, broken windows, and structural damage.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service storm reports. Gusts may be measured or estimated; actual wind damage varies by roof condition, exposure, and prior hail or wind damage.

Latest NWS Tornado Reports in and near Gary, SD

6 reports
UNK category
Jun 30, 2025
1:47 AM UTC
Tornado report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: Tornado in Gary took out a house.
NWS Tornado Report Location: Gary, SD
UNK category
Jun 30, 2025
1:30 AM UTC
Tornado report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: Tornado reported around the Lake Cochrane Rec Area.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 1 WNW Lake Cochrane Rec, SD
UNK category
Jun 30, 2025
1:13 AM UTC
Tornado report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: Spotter called with a Tornado on the ground.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 5 WNW Lake Cochrane Rec, SD
UNK category
May 12, 2022
11:03 PM UTC
Tornado report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: A RESIDENCE 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF GARY... SD HAD A BARN ROOF DAMAGED AND A HORSE TRAILER ROLLED MULTIPLE TIMES. A SECOND RESIDENCE A MILE TO THE NORTHEAST HAD A TRACK OF DAMAGE THROUGH THEIR FARM YARD. AN ASH TREE SNAPPED AT THE TRUNK AND FELL ON TO THE CORNER OF THE HOUSE. A SINGLE STALL GARAGE... WHICH WAS BOLTED TO THE FOUNDATION... WAS LIFTED OFF THE FOUNDATION AND OVERTURNED. THE VEHICLE IN THE GARAGE WAS NOT DAMAGED. A SECOND GARAGE TO THE NORTH LOST TWO THIRDS OF ITS ROOF PANELS. ANOTHER MACHINE SHED HAD A PORTION OF THE SOUTH WALL PUSHED IN. ALL DEBRIS FROM BUILDINGS WAS LOFTED TO THE NORTHEAST. A MOSTLY EMPTY GRAIN BIN WAS ALSO RIPPED FROM THE FOUNDATION AND TOSSED ACROSS 485TH AVE AND INTO THE NEIGHBORING FIELD... COMING TO REST ABOUT 200 YARDS TO THE NORTHEAST. RESIDENTS WERE WITHOUT COMMERCIAL POWER FOR 2 DAYS.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 3 NNW Gary, SD
UNK category
May 12, 2022
11:00 PM UTC
Tornado report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: *** 1 INJ *** 1 MILE SOUTH OF GARY... SD A FARM SUSTAINED SIGNIFICANT TORNADO DAMAGE. THE HOME ON THE PROPERTY LOST THE ENTIRE ROOF... ALONG WITH MOST OF THE EXTERNAL WALLS ON THE MAIN FLOOR OF THE HOUSE. ONLY A PORTION OF THE INTERNAL WALLS REMAINED STANDING. THE RESIDENT HOME AT THE TIME WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE BASEMENT... HOWEVER DID SUSTAIN MINOR INJURIES WHEN A REFRIGERATOR FROM THE MAIN FLOOR FELL DOWN THROUGH THE CEILING. THE ATTACHED GARAGE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN OFF THE FOUNDATION... AND THE PICKUP IN THE GARAGE WAS PUSHED AT LEAST 6 FEET FROM WHERE IT WAS ORIGINALLY PARKED. NEARBY OUTBUILDINGS SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE... INCLUDING A HOLE IN ONE ROOF THAT WAS LIKELY CAUSED FROM FLYING DEBRIS. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO TRACK NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE FARM INTO AN OPEN CORN STUBBLE FIELD. ROTATION WAS NOTED IN THE STUBBLE. THE DEBRIS TRACK WAS SPREAD ACROSS THE FIELD WITH LARGE PIECES OF WOOD AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PIERCED VERTICALLY INTO THE GROUND. FURTHER TO THE NORTH NORTHEAST
NWS Tornado Report Location: 2 S Gary, SD
EF0 category
Aug 9, 2014
3:30 PM CST-6
Tornado report for Gary, SD
Deuel County · 1,848 Homes in County
Tornado Report Description: The tornado touched down on the north shore of Lake Cochrane and traveled up to an eighth of a mile to the northeast. The tornado caused minor damage overall and was mainly concentrated in an area along Edgewater drive at Lake Cochrane. The damage was mainly to docks, boats, boat lifts, canopies, and shoreline shrubbery along with some minor tree damage. Two homes also suffered damage with one home having the western portion of the steel roof rolled back and tossed a small distance.
NWS Tornado Report Location: 6.42 SSW Gary, SD
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Tornado Damage Risk for Your Home +

After a tornado, the National Weather Service assigns an EF rating from EF0 to EF5 based on surveyed damage. The rating estimates wind speed from what the tornado damaged, so actual damage can vary by construction quality, roof age, garage doors, windows, trees, debris, and how close the home was to the tornado path.

EF0
65–85 mph
Light

Can peel shingles, damage gutters or siding, break tree limbs, and toss loose outdoor items.

EF1
86–110 mph
Moderate

Can strip roof covering, damage exterior doors, break windows, snap trees, and cause heavier siding or gutter damage.

EF2
111–135 mph
Serious

Can tear off large sections of roofing, break or uproot trees, destroy weaker structures, and cause major exterior damage.

EF3–EF5
136+ mph
Severe

Can remove roofs and walls, destroy large portions of homes, toss vehicles, and cause severe to total destruction near the path.

Source: NOAA / National Weather Service. EF ratings are assigned after a post-storm damage survey and are based on observed damage, not a direct measurement at every home.

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U.S. Census Data · City

Gary, SD area census snapshot

People & households
Population227
Households132
Housing units148
Income
Median household income$49,375
$100k+ households23.5%
$150k+ households2.3%
Housing stock
Single-family detached127
Attached single-family0
Small multifamily19
Large multifamily0
Mobile homes2
Housing mix
Single-family share85.8%
Attached-home share--
Multifamily share12.8%
Mobile-home share1.4%
Ownership & occupancy
Owner-occupied102
Renter-occupied30
Vacant units16
Home value & age
Median home value$72,500
Owner homes $300k+2.9%
Owner homes $500k+--
Owner homes $750k+--
Median year built1945
Older-home share77.7%
Vehicle context
Households with cars131
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Frequently asked questions

for homeowners, buyers & sellers
How many hail, wind, and tornado reports does Gary have on record?

Our records show 16 hail, 11 wind, and 6 tornado reports in and near Gary, SD, compiled from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. The most recent was reported on September 14, 2025.

What is the largest hail ever reported in Gary?

The largest hail size in these storm-report records in and near Gary, SD is 2.75″. It was reported near Gary, SD on August 21, 1987.

A storm report showed up near my home in Gary — does that mean my roof is damaged?

Not necessarily. A storm report only means hail, wind, or a tornado was observed nearby; it does not confirm damage at any specific address, and conditions change from block to block. Check an address-level hail report first, and if it looks significant, find a local pro that serves Gary and ask about a Remote Hail Inspection before anyone climbs on the roof.

I am buying a home in Gary — why should I look at its storm history?

Recent hail or wind can leave a roof or exterior with damage that is easy to miss during a walkthrough, and a recent roof replacement is sometimes an insurance job after a storm. Reviewing the storm history for a Gary address before closing helps you ask informed questions about roof age, past repairs, and any prior claims.

I am selling a home in Gary — how does this help me?

Knowing the storm history for your address lets you answer buyer questions with confidence, document repairs you have already made, and decide whether a pre-listing roof check is worthwhile. A clear hail history removes a common sticking point during negotiations.

How do I check hail history for a specific Gary address?

Use the address search to pull a free address-level hail report for any property in Gary — no phone number or email required. It shows recent hail activity for that address so you know whether a closer roof or exterior review makes sense.

Where does this storm report data come from, and what are its limits?

Storm reports on this page are public reports from storm events across Gary, SD, sourced from NOAA SPC and NWS Local Storm Reports. They show where hail, wind, or tornado activity was reported in Gary, but they do not confirm damage at any specific property. Report locations, sizes, and times may be approximate and can vary from what an individual home experienced. For property-specific hail history, use an address-level hail report or contact a participating local professional for a remote hail inspection. Pros inclusion is not an endorsement, and contacting a professional does not confirm damage at any property.

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