South Dakota, 1985

Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1985

August 3, 1985 · NWS AT · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

4 hail, 1 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Campbell

When
August 3, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Campbell County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
45.720, -100.070

Hail, Campbell

When
August 3, 3:50 PM CST
Where
Campbell County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
45.880, -99.870

Tornado, Hand

When
August 3, 4:05 PM CST
Where
Hand County
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
44.520, -99.330

Hail, Tripp

When
August 3, 4:15 PM CST
Where
Tripp County
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
43.430, -99.770

Hail, Campbell

When
August 3, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Campbell County
Measured
2.75 in hail
Coordinates
45.880, -99.820

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

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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: 10124165, 10124166, 10124167, 10124168, 10124169.