Hail, Hughes
- When
- June 15, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -100.280
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 1978
6 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 15
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hand
- When
- June 15, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -99.130
Hail, Potter
- When
- June 15, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.200, -99.630
Tornado, Perkins
- When
- June 15, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.800, -102.170
Hail, Brown
- When
- June 15, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.730, -98.500
Hail, Meade
- When
- June 15, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -102.650
Tornado, Walworth
- When
- June 15, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.380, -99.880
Tornado, Walworth
- When
- June 15, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -99.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- June 15, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.720, -100.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Potter
- When
- June 15, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -99.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Edmunds
- When
- June 15, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -99.670
Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- June 15, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.550, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 15, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -98.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 15, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -98.580
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 15, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 15 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -98.300
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.
- 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
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: 10113917, 10113918, 10113919, 10113920, 10113921, 10113922, 10113923, 10113924, 10113925, 10113926, 10113927, 10119219, 10126450, 10126451, 10126452.