Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 19, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -102.180
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 1971
6 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- 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
6 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Brookings
- When
- June 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -96.800
Tornado, Deuel
- When
- June 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.570, -96.870
Tornado, Hamlin
- When
- June 19, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 36.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -97.100
Tornado, Brookings
- When
- June 19, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 290 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 44.470, -96.650
Tornado, Brookings
- When
- June 19, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -96.650
Tornado, Brookings
- When
- June 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 17 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -96.650
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 19, 1971
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 19, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 19, 1971
- Tornado in Tennessee, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 19, 1971
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: 10113498, 10113499, 10113500, 10113501, 10109886, 10109887, 10109888.