South Dakota, 1985Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 16, 1985
August 16, 1985 · NWS AT · 6 events in 4 counties and zones
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tripp
- When
- August 16, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Coordinates
- 43.430, -100.080
Hail, Edmunds
- When
- August 16, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.280, -99.280
Hail, Faulk
- When
- August 16, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.220, -99.120
Tornado, Faulk
- When
- August 16, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -98.720
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 16, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.320, -98.320
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 16, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.330, -98.100
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 19851 death · 16 injured · $16 million · F3 · 30 events
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, August 16, 19851 injured · $258,000 · F3 · 4 events
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 16, 1985$253,000 · F1 · 6 events
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 16, 1985$25,000 · F1 · 7 events
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 16, 1985F1 · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 16, 19851.75 in hail · 6 events
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 16, 19853 events
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 16, 19851 event
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: 10125265, 10125266, 10125267, 10125268, 10125269, 10125270.