Tornado, Lyman
- When
- June 4, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.920, -100.320
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 4, 1971
7 tornado, 3 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $53,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
7 tornado, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Jones
- When
- June 4, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -100.500
Tornado, Mellette
- When
- June 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -100.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyman
- When
- June 4, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -100.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Tripp
- When
- June 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- June 4, 5:04 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -100.280
Tornado, Charles Mix
- When
- June 4, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.3 mi
- Path width
- 137 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -98.850
Tornado, Charles Mix
- When
- June 4, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -98.180
Tornado, Day
- When
- June 4, 7:27 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -97.850
Tornado, Kingsbury
- When
- June 4, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -97.470
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
- Tornado in Mississippi, June 4, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 4, 1971
- Tornadoes in North Dakota, June 4, 1971
- Tornado in Wisconsin, June 4, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 4, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 4, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 4, 1971
- Hail in Colorado, June 4, 1971
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 4, 1971
- Hail in Maryland, June 4, 1971
- Hail in Pennsylvania, June 4, 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: 10113459, 10113460, 10113461, 10113462, 10113463, 10113464, 10113465, 10113466, 10113467, 10113468.