Hail, Hughes
- When
- August 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County, Pierre
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 27, 1995
6 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 172 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:42 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hughes
- When
- August 27, 5:30 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County, Pierre
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 44.380, -100.270
A narrow path tornado touched down three miles east of Pierre. The tornado tore the roof off a horse barn, destroyed a camper, and injured two horses.
Hail, Hughes
- When
- August 27, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes County, Pierre
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Stanley
- When
- August 27, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Stanley County, Ft Pierre
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.412, -100.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Sully
- When
- August 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sully County, Onida
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -100.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Potter
- When
- August 27, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Potter County, Gettysburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.065, -99.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- August 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County, Seneca
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm winds blew down a large tree on to a house, knocking a brick chimney onto a car. Minor tree damage, mainly downed branches, occurred elsewhere in the town.
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
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1995Warnings in South Dakota, August 1995
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: 10346655, 10346656, 10346657, 10346148, 10346160, 10346079, 10346241.