Thunderstorm Wind, Harding
- When
- August 23, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Harding County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.270, -103.550
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 23, 1982
10 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $90
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Butte
- When
- August 23, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Butte County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -103.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Butte
- When
- August 23, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Butte County
- Coordinates
- 44.630, -103.630
Hail, Fall River
- When
- August 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fall River County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -103.830
Hail, Butte
- When
- August 23, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Butte County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -103.870
Tornado, Fall River
- When
- August 23, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Fall River County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -103.830
Hail, Fall River
- When
- August 23, 7:38 PM CST
- Where
- Fall River County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -103.830
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 23, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -103.700
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- August 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -103.700
Hail, Lyman
- When
- August 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -100.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lyman
- When
- August 23, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -100.050
Hail, Fall River
- When
- August 23, 8:07 PM CST
- Where
- Fall River County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -103.830
Hail, Pennington
- When
- August 23, 8:14 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -102.920
Hail, Jones
- When
- August 23, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.880, -100.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- August 23, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -97.980
Tornado, Bennett
- When
- August 23, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bennett County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -101.750
Tornado, Jackson
- When
- August 23, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -101.330
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 23, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, August 23, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 23, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 23, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 23, 1982
- Hail in Montana, August 23, 1982
- Hail in Wyoming, August 23, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, August 23, 1982
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: 10123500, 10123501, 10123502, 10123503, 10123504, 10123505, 10123506, 10123507, 10123508, 10123509, 10123510, 10123511, 10123512, 10123513, 10123514, 10123515, 10123516.