Hail, Tripp
- When
- May 28, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -99.870
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 28, 1991
24 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
- 4
- Property damage
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 38
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
24 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Aurora
- When
- May 28, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Aurora County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.580, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- May 28, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.450, -98.680
Hail, McCook
- When
- May 28, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.730, -97.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Beadle
- When
- May 28, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Kingsbury
- When
- May 28, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.480, -97.750
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- May 28, 5:05 AM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -96.870
Hail, McCook
- When
- May 28, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -97.180
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- May 28, 5:42 AM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.800, -96.720
Hail, Beadle
- When
- May 28, 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.550, -98.270
Hail, McCook
- When
- May 28, 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.700, -97.250
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 28, 6:43 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -96.720
Hail, Stanley
- When
- May 28, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Stanley County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -101.130
Hail, Jerauld
- When
- May 28, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jerauld County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -98.380
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- May 28, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -97.550
Hail, Miner
- When
- May 28, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Miner County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -97.820
Hail, Sanborn
- When
- May 28, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -98.270
Hail, Beadle
- When
- May 28, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -98.020
Hail, Sanborn
- When
- May 28, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn County
- Measured
- 5 in hail
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -97.920
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- May 28, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.200, -97.820
Hail, Beadle
- When
- May 28, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.280, -97.850
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- May 28, 5:12 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.220, -97.400
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- May 28, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.370
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- May 28, 5:43 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.150
Hail, Brookings
- When
- May 28, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -96.950
Hail, Brookings
- When
- May 28, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.430, -96.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- May 28, 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -98.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- May 28, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -98.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Bon Homme
- When
- May 28, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme County
- Measured
- 75 kt (86 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.980, -97.850
Tornado, Hutchinson
- When
- May 28, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.220, -98.030
Tornado, Hutchinson
- When
- May 28, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -97.980
Tornado, Hutchinson
- When
- May 28, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.400, -98.050
Tornado, Hutchinson
- When
- May 28, 10:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 150 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 43.350, -97.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Bon Homme
- When
- May 28, 10:55 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.150, -97.730
Thunderstorm Wind, McCook
- When
- May 28, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 43.600, -97.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Hanson
- When
- May 28, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -97.780
Hail, Hanson
- When
- May 28, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -97.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Yankton
- When
- May 28, 11:20 PM CST
- Where
- Yankton County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -97.380
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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 28, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1991
- Hail in New Mexico, May 28, 1991
- Hail in Mississippi, May 28, 1991
- Hail in Wyoming, May 28, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, May 28, 1991
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: 10124836, 10124837, 10125050, 10125051, 10125052, 10125053, 10125054, 10125055, 10125056, 10125057, 10125058, 10125059, 10125060, 10125061, 10125062, 10125063, 10125064, 10125065, 10125066, 10125067, 10125068, 10125069, 10125070, 10125071, 10125072, 10125073, 10125074, 10125075, 10125076, 10125077, 10125078, 10125079, 10125080, 10125081, 10125082, 10125083, 10125084, 10125085.