Tornado, Hamlin
- When
- June 18, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -101.530
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 1980
2 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 3
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
2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hamlin
- When
- June 18, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -101.530
Hail, Codington
- When
- June 18, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -97.100
What these are
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 18, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 18, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 18, 1980
- Tornado in Florida, June 18, 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: 10124990, 10124991, 10124992.