South Dakota, 1980

Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 29, 1980

May 29, 1980 · 18 events in 6 counties and zones

13 tornado, 5 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
18

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 tornado, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Yankton

When
May 29, 2:41 PM CST
Where
Yankton County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
42.920, -97.380

Tornado, Brown

When
May 29, 2:42 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.100

Tornado, Brown

When
May 29, 2:42 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.100

Tornado, Brown

When
May 29, 2:42 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.100

Tornado, Brown

When
May 29, 2:42 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.100

Tornado, Brown

When
May 29, 2:42 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.100

Tornado, Brown

When
May 29, 2:42 PM CST
Where
Brown County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.100

Tornado, Spink

When
May 29, 3:00 PM CST
Where
Spink County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.150, -98.100

Hail, Yankton

When
May 29, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Yankton County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
42.870, -97.470

Hail, Clay

When
May 29, 3:49 PM CST
Where
Clay County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
42.780, -96.920

Tornado, Clay

When
May 29, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Clay County
Rating
F0
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
42.750, -96.820

Tornado, Spink

When
May 29, 4:13 PM CST
Where
Spink County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.3 mi
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.080, -98.500

Tornado, Spink

When
May 29, 4:17 PM CST
Where
Spink County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
45.330, -98.500

Hail, Clay

When
May 29, 4:20 PM CST
Where
Clay County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
42.680, -96.670

Tornado, Beadle

When
May 29, 4:23 PM CST
Where
Beadle County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
44.680, -98.400

Hail, Potter

When
May 29, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Potter County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
45.250, -99.800

Tornado, Yankton

When
May 29, 8:15 PM CST
Where
Yankton County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
42.870, -97.380

Tornado, Yankton

When
May 29, 8:15 PM CST
Where
Yankton County
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
33 yd
Coordinates
42.870, -97.380

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 10123618, 10123619, 10123620, 10123621, 10123622, 10123623, 10123624, 10123625, 10123626, 10123627, 10123628, 10123629, 10123630, 10123631, 10123632, 10123633, 10123846, 10123847.