Hail, McPherson
- When
- August 29, 5:18 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County, Eureka
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 29, 1993
7 hail, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $51,000
- 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
7 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Potter
- When
- August 29, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Gettysburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.065, -99.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Sully
- When
- August 29, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County, Onida
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.700, -99.670
There were several reports of brief tornado touchdowns with no damage.
Tornado, Sully
- When
- August 29, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County, Gettysburg
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -99.700
There were several reports of brief tornado touchdowns with no damage.
Tornado, Hyde
- When
- August 29, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hyde County, Highmore
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.650, -99.870
Hail, Hyde
- When
- August 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hyde County, Holabird
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.547, -99.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 29, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Aberdeen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm hit Groton with hail, damaging lightning, and 3.43 inches of rain which flooded some basements. At a high school, lightning split a 30-foot chimney which fell through a large skylight and sections of the roof. This resulted in extensive water damage to ceiling tiles in classrooms, due to the heavy rains.
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 29, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Groton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50
- Crop damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A severe thunderstorm hit Groton with hail, damaging lightning, and 3.43 inches of rain which flooded some basements. At a high school, lightning split a 30-foot chimney which fell through a large skylight and sections of the roof. This resulted in extensive water damage to ceiling tiles in classrooms, due to the heavy rains.
Hail, Hand
- When
- August 29, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County, Ree Heights
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Hand
- When
- August 29, 10:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County to Miller
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Golfball-size hail broke windows and stripped corn.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 29, 1993
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: 10346349, 10346066, 10346157, 10346158, 10346030, 10346031, 10346633, 10346634, 10346536, 10346537.