South Dakota, 1995

Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 9, 1995

July 9, 1995 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

1 tornado, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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

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Event by event

1 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Fall River

When
July 9, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Fall River County, Fall River
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A tornado was reported on the ground just west of Edgemont for just a few seconds. There was no reports of damage were received.

Hail, Spink

When
July 9, 11:30 PM CST
Where
Spink County, Redfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Coordinates
44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large hail caused extensive damage to beans, sunflowers, and corn near Redfield.

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

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: 10346478, 10346129.