Hail, Mellette
- When
- May 15, 1:28 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -100.750
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 15, 1992
15 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 20
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
15 hail, 3 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mellette
- When
- May 15, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.570, -100.750
Hail, Mellette
- When
- May 15, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -100.620
Hail, Mellette
- When
- May 15, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mellette County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.500, -100.480
Hail, Bon Homme
- When
- May 15, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -98.070
Hail, Charles Mix
- When
- May 15, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -98.180
Hail, Gregory
- When
- May 15, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gregory County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.250, -99.150
Hail, Jerauld
- When
- May 15, 3:58 PM CST
- Where
- Jerauld County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -98.800
Tornado, Jerauld
- When
- May 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jerauld County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -98.580
Tornado, Jerauld
- When
- May 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Jerauld County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -98.580
Hail, Tripp
- When
- May 15, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.670, -99.700
Hail, Charles Mix
- When
- May 15, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -98.300
Hail, Sanborn
- When
- May 15, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -98.270
Hail, Brule
- When
- May 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brule County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.780, -99.180
Hail, Charles Mix
- When
- May 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.080, -98.300
Hail, Bon Homme
- When
- May 15, 4:33 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.070, -97.980
Tornado, Sanborn
- When
- May 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.000, -98.230
Hail, Brule
- When
- May 15, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Brule County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.620, -99.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Brule
- When
- May 15, 3:30 PM PST
- Where
- Brule County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.820, -98.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Tripp
- When
- May 15, 3:45 PM PST
- Where
- Tripp County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -99.720
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 Hail in Nebraska, May 15, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 15, 1992
- Hail in Louisiana, May 15, 1992
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 15, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1992
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 15, 1992
- Tornadoes in New Mexico, May 15, 1992
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Wyoming, May 15, 1992
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 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: 10156183, 10156184, 10156186, 10157056, 10157057, 10157058, 10157068, 10157292, 10123759, 10123760, 10157295, 10157296, 10157298, 10157300, 10157301, 10157304, 10123761, 10157308, 10123757, 10123758.