Hail, Roberts
- When
- July 23, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -97.050
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 23, 1981
10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- 19
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, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- July 23, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -98.000
Hail, Perkins
- When
- July 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -102.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins
- When
- July 23, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -102.220
Hail, Grant
- When
- July 23, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -96.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 23, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -96.630
Hail, Day
- When
- July 23, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -97.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Day
- When
- July 23, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Day County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -97.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 23, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -97.030
Hail, Meade
- When
- July 23, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -103.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Roberts
- When
- July 23, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- July 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -96.770
Hail, Pennington
- When
- July 23, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.230
Hail, Meade
- When
- July 23, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -103.300
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- July 23, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.030, -102.230
Tornado, Pennington
- When
- July 23, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -102.120
Hail, Pennington
- When
- July 23, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -103.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 23, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -100.870
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- July 23, 11:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -103.850
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
- Tornado in Louisiana, July 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 23, 1981
- Hail in North Dakota, July 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 23, 1981
- Hail in Arkansas, July 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 23, 1981
- Hail in Montana, July 23, 1981
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: 10123460, 10123461, 10123462, 10123463, 10123464, 10123465, 10123466, 10123467, 10123468, 10123469, 10124322, 10124323, 10124324, 10124325, 10124326, 10124327, 10124328, 10124329, 10124330.