Hail, Hughes
- When
- August 16, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -99.980
Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 16, 1986
16 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
16 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- August 16, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -98.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- August 16, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -98.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Sanborn
- When
- August 16, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -98.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanson
- When
- August 16, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -97.820
Thunderstorm Wind, McCook
- When
- August 16, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -97.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanson
- When
- August 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -97.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Miner
- When
- August 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Miner County
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -97.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanson
- When
- August 16, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -97.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanson
- When
- August 16, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Coordinates
- 43.770, -97.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Davison
- When
- August 16, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Davison County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -98.250
Thunderstorm Wind, McCook
- When
- August 16, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- August 16, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -97.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Turner
- When
- August 16, 9:46 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 16, 10:27 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -96.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- August 16, 10:27 PM CST
- Where
- Union County
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 16, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Coordinates
- 43.530, -97.020
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 16, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 16, 1986
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 16, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 16, 1986
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: 10124618, 10124619, 10124620, 10124621, 10124622, 10124623, 10124624, 10124838, 10124839, 10124840, 10124841, 10124842, 10124843, 10124844, 10124845, 10124846, 10124847.