Thunderstorm Wind, Kingsbury
- When
- August 31, 12:01 AM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.720
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 31, 1982
14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 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
- $25,000
- 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
14 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 2:48 AM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -96.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 2:55 AM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Butte
- When
- August 31, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Butte County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -103.870
Hail, Hand
- When
- August 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -99.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Hand
- When
- August 31, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.780, -99.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Butte
- When
- August 31, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Butte County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.670, -103.570
Hail, Beadle
- When
- August 31, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- August 31, 5:57 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -98.220
Hail, Beadle
- When
- August 31, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -98.230
Hail, Mellette
- When
- August 31, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -101.030
Hail, Mellette
- When
- August 31, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -100.830
Tornado, Lake
- When
- August 31, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.980, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 8:08 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 8:54 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -96.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -96.730
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 31, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 31, 10:26 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -96.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- August 31, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -96.780
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
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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: 10123527, 10123528, 10123529, 10123530, 10123531, 10123532, 10123533, 10123534, 10123535, 10123536, 10123537, 10123538, 10123539, 10123540, 10123541, 10124393, 10124394, 10124395, 10124396, 10124397, 10124398.