Thunderstorm Wind, Edmunds
- When
- August 3, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Edmunds County
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -99.670
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1981
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 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
- $550,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
10 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- August 3, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 45.250, -99.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanley
- When
- August 3, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stanley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -101.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- August 3, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -100.350
Tornado, Potter
- When
- August 3, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -99.780
Tornado, Potter
- When
- August 3, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -99.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk
- When
- August 3, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Coordinates
- 45.070, -99.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk
- When
- August 3, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Measured
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -99.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk
- When
- August 3, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -98.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk
- When
- August 3, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -98.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Spink
- When
- August 3, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Spink County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -98.520
Tornado, Grant
- When
- August 3, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -96.570
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- August 3, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -96.730
Hail, Turner
- When
- August 3, 3:53 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -97.080
Hail, Turner
- When
- August 3, 4:21 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -97.080
Hail, Turner
- When
- August 3, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.120, -96.970
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -96.780
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- August 3, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -96.730
Tornado, Turner
- When
- August 3, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 12.8 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.280, -97.150
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 3, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Brule
- When
- August 3, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Brule County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -99.330
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.
- 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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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: 10124338, 10124339, 10124340, 10124554, 10124555, 10124556, 10124557, 10124558, 10124559, 10124560, 10124561, 10124562, 10124563, 10124564, 10124565, 10124566, 10124567, 10124568, 10124569, 10124570, 10124571.