Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.500, -103.850
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 1983
6 hail, 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
- 9
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
6 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 18, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -103.700
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- June 18, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -103.720
Tornado, Meade
- When
- June 18, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.330, -103.370
Tornado, Meade
- When
- June 18, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -103.100
Tornado, Meade
- When
- June 18, 6:16 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -103.100
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 18, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -102.920
Hail, Pennington
- When
- June 18, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.100, -102.920
Hail, Meade
- When
- June 18, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Meade County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -103.100
What these are
- 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
- Tornado in Iowa, June 18, 1983
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 18, 1983
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 18, 1983
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, June 18, 1983
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, June 18, 1983
- Hail in Florida, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in New York, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 18, 1983
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 18, 1983
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: 10124641, 10124642, 10124643, 10124644, 10124645, 10124646, 10124647, 10124648, 10124649.