Tornado, Brookings
- When
- August 9, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.320, -96.780
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 9, 1992
6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 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
- $2.5 million
- 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 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lake
- When
- August 9, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 43.870, -96.930
Hail, Minnehaha
- When
- August 9, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.630, -96.950
Tornado, Turner
- When
- August 9, 9:40 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 43.170, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- August 9, 9:05 PM PST
- Where
- Minnehaha County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -96.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Turner
- When
- August 9, 9:25 PM PST
- Where
- Turner County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.420, -97.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 9, 10:20 PM PST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.020, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Yankton
- When
- August 9, 10:25 PM PST
- Where
- Yankton County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.950, -97.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 9, 10:35 PM PST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -97.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 9, 10:50 PM PST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -96.920
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 1992
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 9, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, August 9, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, August 9, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, August 9, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 9, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, August 9, 1992
- Hail in Connecticut, August 9, 1992
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 9, 1992
- Hail in Florida, August 9, 1992
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: 10125156, 10125157, 10154960, 10125160, 10125158, 10125159, 10125161, 10125162, 10125163, 10125164.