South Dakota, 1987Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 1987
July 9, 1987 · NWS FSD · 10 events in 10 counties and zones
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Walworth
- When
- July 9, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Walworth County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.530, -100.430
Hail, Stanley
- When
- July 9, 3:34 PM CST
- Where
- Stanley County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -100.920
Hail, Jones
- When
- July 9, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -100.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Sully
- When
- July 9, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.720, -99.830
Tornado, Lyman
- When
- July 9, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lyman County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -99.650
Hail, Hyde
- When
- July 9, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hyde County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -99.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Roberts
- When
- July 9, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County
- Measured
- 64 kt (74 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -97.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- July 9, 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.270, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Codington
- When
- July 9, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Codington County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -97.100
Tornado, Deuel
- When
- July 9, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.870, -96.850
- 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.
- 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.
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 9, 19871 death · 70 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 9, 19872 injured · $6,000 · F1 · 29 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 9, 19871.75 in hail · 9 events
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 19873 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 9, 19874.5 in hail · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 9, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 9, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, July 9, 19871 event
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 9, 19871 event
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 1987F0 · 1 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: 10126005, 10126006, 10126007, 10126008, 10126009, 10126010, 10126011, 10126012, 10126013, 10126014.