Tornado, Marshall
- When
- June 23, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -97.420
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 23, 1981
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $25,000
- 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
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Mellette
- When
- June 23, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -100.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- June 23, 3:56 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -100.920
Hail, Lyman
- When
- June 23, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -99.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Brule
- When
- June 23, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brule County
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -99.320
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 23, 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -98.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Brule
- When
- June 23, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Brule County
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -98.850
Hail, Tripp
- When
- June 23, 5:52 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -99.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Davison
- When
- June 23, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davison County
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -98.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Turner
- When
- June 23, 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -97.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- June 23, 7:23 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -96.730
Tornado, McCook
- When
- June 23, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -97.450
Hail, Turner
- When
- June 23, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -97.270
Tornado, Clay
- When
- June 23, 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -97.070
Hail, Clay
- When
- June 23, 8:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -97.070
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.
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 23, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 23, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 23, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, June 23, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 23, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Louisiana, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, June 23, 1981
- Hail in Mississippi, June 23, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 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: 10126790, 10126791, 10126792, 10126793, 10126794, 10126795, 10126796, 10126797, 10126798, 10126799, 10126800, 10126801, 10126802, 10126803, 10126804.