Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 6, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -98.580
Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1978
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- July 6, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -98.170
Thunderstorm Wind, McCook
- When
- July 6, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Coordinates
- 43.680, -97.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- July 6, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -97.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Yankton
- When
- July 6, 6:07 PM CST
- Where
- Yankton County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- July 6, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 6, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -96.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- July 6, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -96.930
Tornado, Turner
- When
- July 6, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -97.020
What these are
- 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 and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 6, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 6, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 6, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, July 6, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 1978
- Hail in Illinois, July 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 6, 1978
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: 10126696, 10126697, 10126698, 10126699, 10126700, 10126701, 10126702, 10126703, 10126704.