Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 15, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.400
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 15, 1980
13 hail, 12 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
- 26
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
13 hail, 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 15, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingsbury
- When
- July 15, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.300
Hail, Faulk
- When
- July 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -99.130
Hail, Faulk
- When
- July 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -99.130
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 15, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.480, -97.200
Hail, Brookings
- When
- July 15, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -96.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- July 15, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -96.850
Tornado, Spink
- When
- July 15, 1:56 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.150, -98.550
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 15, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.250, -97.850
Hail, Brookings
- When
- July 15, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -96.780
Hail, Beadle
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.230, -98.150
Hail, Lake
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -98.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Hamlin
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin County
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -97.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 86 kt (99 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -96.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Coordinates
- 44.330, -98.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Spink
- When
- July 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Codington
- When
- July 15, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Coordinates
- 44.880, -97.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 15, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -96.630
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.270, -97.770
Hail, Day
- When
- July 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Day
- When
- July 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -97.400
Hail, Day
- When
- July 15, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -97.320
Thunderstorm Wind, Roberts
- When
- July 15, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- July 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -96.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- July 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -96.800
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 and Hail in Wisconsin, July 15, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 15, 1980
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 15, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 15, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 15, 1980
- Hail in North Dakota, July 15, 1980
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: 10125393, 10125394, 10125395, 10125396, 10125397, 10125398, 10125399, 10125400, 10125401, 10125402, 10125403, 10125404, 10125405, 10125618, 10125619, 10125620, 10125621, 10125622, 10125623, 10125624, 10125625, 10125626, 10125627, 10125628, 10125629, 10125630.