Hail, Custer
- When
- July 22, 3:02 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -103.600
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1981
10 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $250,000
- 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
10 hail, 4 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 22, 3:25 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -103.600
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 22, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -103.180
Tornado, Oglala Lakota
- When
- July 22, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.180, -102.750
Hail, Codington
- When
- July 22, 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -97.220
Hail, Day
- When
- July 22, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -97.300
Tornado, Hamlin
- When
- July 22, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -97.100
Hail, Roberts
- When
- July 22, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -97.130
Tornado, Deuel
- When
- July 22, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.920, -96.820
Hail, Beadle
- When
- July 22, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -97.980
Hail, Brookings
- When
- July 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- July 22, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -96.780
Tornado, Hamlin
- When
- July 22, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamlin County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -96.880
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 22, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -103.600
Hail, Beadle
- When
- July 22, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -98.230
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 22, 1981
- Hail in Missouri, July 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 22, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 22, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in New Mexico, July 22, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 22, 1981
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1981Every state in 1981This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1981
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: 10123445, 10123446, 10123447, 10123448, 10123449, 10123450, 10123451, 10123452, 10123453, 10123454, 10123455, 10123456, 10123457, 10123458, 10123459.