Tornado, Mellette
- When
- July 10, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -101.020
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 10, 1987
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mellette
- When
- July 10, 3:26 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -101.020
Hail, Stanley
- When
- July 10, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Stanley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -101.020
Hail, Jones
- When
- July 10, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.120, -100.980
Hail, Jones
- When
- July 10, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.900, -100.980
Hail, Stanley
- When
- July 10, 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Stanley County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -101.030
Hail, Stanley
- When
- July 10, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Stanley County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -101.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Edmunds
- When
- July 10, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -99.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 10, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.650, -98.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- July 10, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -98.570
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 10, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 10, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New Hampshire, July 10, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Maine, July 10, 1987
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1987Warnings in South Dakota, July 1987
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: 10126015, 10126016, 10126017, 10126018, 10126019, 10126020, 10126021, 10126022, 10126023, 10126024.