Hail, Dewey
- When
- July 12, 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, At Elm Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.157, -100.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A narrow path tornado touched down briefly near Isabel.
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 12, 1995
4 hail, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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
- 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.
The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:51 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Dewey
- When
- July 12, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, Isabel
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.157, -100.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A narrow path tornado touched down briefly near Isabel.
Hail, Dewey
- When
- July 12, 10:30 PM CST to 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, Isabel
- Measured
- 3.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.157, -100.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large hail damaged corn crops and damaged many vehilces in Isabel and at a car dealership.
Hail, Corson
- When
- July 12, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Corson County, McLaughlin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.709, -101.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Corson
- When
- July 12, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Corson County, Timber Lake
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.709, -101.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 12, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, July 12, 1995
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 12, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Idaho, July 12, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 12, 1995
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, July 12, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 12, 1995
- Damaging Winds in Utah, July 12, 1995
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1995Every state in 1995This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1995Warnings in South Dakota, July 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: 10346420, 10346421, 10346422, 10346312, 10346313.