Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- April 19, 3:28 PM CST
- Where
- Pennington County
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -103.220
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 19, 1985
32 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $28,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 37
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
32 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes
- When
- April 19, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -100.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Sully
- When
- April 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -100.170
Tornado, Tripp
- When
- April 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -100.050
Hail, Potter
- When
- April 19, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -99.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Potter
- When
- April 19, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.020, -100.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- April 19, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -100.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- April 19, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 45.420, -100.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Bon Homme
- When
- April 19, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme County
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -98.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- April 19, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 45.750, -100.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth
- When
- April 19, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Coordinates
- 45.550, -100.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- April 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- April 19, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Campbell County
- Coordinates
- 45.900, -100.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Bon Homme
- When
- April 19, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -98.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Yankton
- When
- April 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yankton County
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- April 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Davison
- When
- April 19, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Davison County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -98.020
Tornado, Davison
- When
- April 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Davison County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.520, -98.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 19, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -98.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- April 19, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -96.650
Tornado, Hutchinson
- When
- April 19, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- April 19, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanson
- When
- April 19, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -97.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- April 19, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -97.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- April 19, 6:49 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -98.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Turner
- When
- April 19, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Sanborn
- When
- April 19, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -98.270
Tornado, Beadle
- When
- April 19, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 3 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -97.930
Thunderstorm Wind, McCook
- When
- April 19, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Spink
- When
- April 19, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -98.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Turner
- When
- April 19, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 19, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Coordinates
- 43.130, -96.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 19, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -96.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Spink
- When
- April 19, 7:44 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.230, -98.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 19, 7:51 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.470, -98.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Codington
- When
- April 19, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Coordinates
- 44.900, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- April 19, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -96.470
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.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 19, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, April 19, 1985
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 19, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, April 19, 1985
- Tornado and Hail in Oklahoma, April 19, 1985
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, April 19, 1985
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, April 19, 1985
- Damaging Wind in New York, April 19, 1985
- Hail in Texas, April 19, 1985
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1985
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: 10123644, 10123645, 10123646, 10123647, 10123648, 10123649, 10123650, 10123651, 10123652, 10123653, 10123654, 10123655, 10123656, 10123657, 10123658, 10123659, 10123660, 10123661, 10123662, 10123663, 10123664, 10123665, 10123666, 10123667, 10123668, 10123669, 10123670, 10123671, 10123672, 10123673, 10123674, 10123675, 10123676, 10123677, 10123678, 10123679, 10123680.