Hail, Hand
- When
- October 6, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hand County, Miller Sd
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, October 6, 1994
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $206,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Beadle
- When
- October 6, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle County, Huron Sd
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.415, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Spink
- When
- October 6, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County, Redfield Sd
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Spink
- When
- October 6, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County, Mansfield Sd
- Coordinates
- 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds uprooted some large trees.
Tornado, Day
- When
- October 6, 4:54 PM CST
- Where
- Day County to Grenville Sd
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.500, -97.400
A brief tornado touchdown was reported by state police.
Thunderstorm Wind, Day
- When
- October 6, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Day County, Grenville Sd
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew shingles away and caused further damage to the roof of a house, allowing water to leak into three rooms.
Tornado, Roberts
- When
- October 6, 5:00 PM CST to 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts County, To 7ne of
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 8 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado destroyed several small farm buildings, a garage, damaged farm machinery, blew down a grain bin, and uprooted several trees. Several hogs were killed when their shed was destroyed and minor damage was done to some homes. The tornado drove a 6 foot long 1x6 piece of lumber through the center of a large tree limb.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- October 6, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Grant County, Milbank Sd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds damaged a commercial building under construction.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- October 6, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Madison Sd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -97.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a 50 x 100 foot machine shed.
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
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1994Warnings in South Dakota, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10346589, 10346568, 10346112, 10346113, 10346362, 10346363, 10346096, 10346495, 10346243.