Tornado, Douglas
- When
- June 25, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.6 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -98.230
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 1969
5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- 9
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
Event by event
5 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Codington
- When
- June 25, 12:56 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- June 25, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -96.780
Tornado, Codington
- When
- June 25, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.120, -96.930
Tornado, Faulk
- When
- June 25, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.000, -98.830
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 25, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 133 yd
- Injuries
- 6 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -98.080
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 25, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -98.400
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 25, 1969
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 25, 1969
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 25, 1969
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, June 25, 1969
- Tornado in Michigan, June 25, 1969
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, June 25, 1969
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 25, 1969
More
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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: 10111224, 10111225, 10111226, 10111227, 10111228, 10111229, 10111230.