STURGIS, S.D. – Storms packing baseball-sized hail and wind gusts in excess of 90 miles per hour rolled across western South Dakota Saturday evening, leaving damage in their wake.
In Philip, residents are surveying the damage, where trees are down, hail damage is prevalent and some homes and businesses are destroyed.
Lori Baker posted on Facebook a picture of B&B Sales in Philip, destroyed by Saturday night’s storms. Other social media posts show sheds and grain silos crumpled, roofs torn off, campers blown over and trees on homes.
It’s not known if a tornado or straight line winds are responsible for the damage.
The National Weather Service is expected to send surveyors out to look at the damage.
Storms began early in the evening in northeast Wyoming and southeast Montana, and moved into western South Dakota.
Large hail was reported in Butte County, where a storm with large hail sent people scurrying to shelter at Belle Fourche Reservoir. The storms then rolled through the Nisland, Vale and Newell area, where tree and home damage has been reported.
Forecasters say western South Dakota is under the gun again Sunday with an enhanced possibility of severe weather.
