Hail, Campbell
- When
- July 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -100.000
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1973
8 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 7
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- July 1, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -100.000
Hail, Sully
- When
- July 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -100.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Sully
- When
- July 1, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -100.000
Tornado, Brule
- When
- July 1, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Brule County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -98.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 1, 5:14 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -98.430
Tornado, Brown
- When
- July 1, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.250, -98.500
Hail, Lyman
- When
- July 1, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -99.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Codington
- When
- July 1, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -97.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- July 1, 6:03 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -98.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Day
- When
- July 1, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -97.300
Tornado, Codington
- When
- July 1, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -97.400
Tornado, Aurora
- When
- July 1, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Aurora County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 83 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -98.680
Tornado, McCook
- When
- July 1, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -97.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Davison
- When
- July 1, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Davison County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -98.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- July 1, 6:59 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -98.530
Tornado, Minnehaha
- When
- July 1, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 67 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -96.900
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 1, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.100, -96.800
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Brown | 1973-07-01 | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 in North Dakota, July 1, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 1, 1973
- Tornado in Illinois, July 1, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, July 1, 1973
- Hail in Alabama, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 1, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 1, 1973
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1973
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: 10112159, 10112160, 10112161, 10112162, 10112163, 10112164, 10112165, 10112166, 10112167, 10112168, 10112169, 10112170, 10112171, 10112172, 10112384, 10112385, 10112386, 10112387.