Hail, Meade
- When
- July 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -102.030
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1982
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 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
- $90
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
3 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Meade
- When
- July 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.030, -102.030
Tornado, Jones
- When
- July 18, 9:02 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -100.470
Tornado, Charles Mix
- When
- July 18, 10:02 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -98.300
Hail, Charles Mix
- When
- July 18, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- July 18, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- July 18, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -98.550
Tornado, Charles Mix
- When
- July 18, 11:58 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -98.550
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
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1982
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 18, 1982
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 18, 1982
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1982Every state in 1982This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1982
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: 10126836, 10126837, 10126838, 10126839, 10126840, 10126841, 10126842, 10126843.