South Dakota, 1978Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 1, 1978
August 1, 1978 · NWS MT · 6 events in 5 counties and zones
3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Hail, Beadle
- When
- August 1, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -98.620
Hail, Miner
- When
- August 1, 3:32 PM CST
- Where
- Miner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -97.480
Hail, Lake
- When
- August 1, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -97.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- August 1, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -96.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 1, 5:51 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 1, 6:01 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -96.700
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, August 1, 19781 injured · $2.5 million · F1 · 7 events
- Tornado in Georgia, August 1, 19781 injured · $25,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 1, 1978$3,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 1, 19781 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 1, 197860 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, August 1, 197853 kt wind · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 1, 19781.75 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 1, 19781.75 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 1, 197870 kt wind · 1 event
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: 10123120, 10123121, 10123122, 10123123, 10123124, 10123125.