Tornado, Hutchinson
- When
- August 7, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Dimock Sd
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 43.470, -97.850
A tornado damaged crops and some farm machinery.
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 7, 1994
4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Events
- 5
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, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, McCook
- When
- August 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County, Bridgewater Sd
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -97.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, McCook
- When
- August 7, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCook County, Bridgewater Sd
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -97.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Hutchinson
- When
- August 7, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson County, Freeman Sd
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -97.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Turner
- When
- August 7, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Turner County, Parker Sd
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.311, -97.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 7, 1994
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, August 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, August 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 7, 1994
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 7, 1994
- Hail in Colorado, August 7, 1994
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1994Warnings in South Dakota, August 1994
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: 10346028, 10346342, 10346343, 10346029, 10346186.