Hail, Hughes
- When
- June 21, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 1.4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -100.330
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 1983
10 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hughes
- When
- June 21, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -100.330
Hail, Harding
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harding County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -103.080
Hail, Harding
- When
- June 21, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harding County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -103.520
Hail, Perkins
- When
- June 21, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -102.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins
- When
- June 21, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -102.500
Tornado, Campbell
- When
- June 21, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Injuries
- 4 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -100.280
Hail, Fall River
- When
- June 21, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Fall River County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.300, -103.830
Hail, Campbell
- When
- June 21, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -100.050
Hail, Fall River
- When
- June 21, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fall River County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.230, -103.550
Tornado, Ziebach
- When
- June 21, 8:51 PM CST
- Where
- Ziebach County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 6 mi
- Path width
- 300 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 45.400, -101.720
Hail, Corson
- When
- June 21, 9:37 PM CST
- Where
- Corson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.670, -100.820
Tornado, Ziebach
- When
- June 21, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Ziebach County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 43.380, -101.670
Hail, Corson
- When
- June 21, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Corson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.820, -100.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Corson
- When
- June 21, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Corson County
- Coordinates
- 45.820, -100.820
Tornado, Corson
- When
- June 21, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Corson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 45.830, -101.250
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
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1983Every state in 1983This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1983
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: 10124656, 10124657, 10124658, 10124659, 10124660, 10124661, 10124662, 10124663, 10124664, 10124665, 10124666, 10124667, 10124668, 10124669, 10124670, 10124671.