Hail, Hand
- When
- July 18, 12:10 AM CST
- Where
- Hand County, Miller
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -98.980
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1997
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 8
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), 113 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:10 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hyde
- When
- July 18, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hyde County, Highmore
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.520, -99.430
Hail, Spink
- When
- July 18, 1:49 AM CST
- Where
- Spink County, 2 mi W of Turton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -98.130
Hail, Clark
- When
- July 18, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Crocker
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.100, -97.770
Hail, Day
- When
- July 18, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Day County, 1 mi S of Lily
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.170, -97.700
Hail, Clark
- When
- July 18, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, 4 mi NW of Bradley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.120, -97.680
Hail, Codington
- When
- July 18, 2:48 AM CST
- Where
- Codington County, Florence
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.050, -97.320
Tornado, Day
- When
- July 18, 3:02 AM CST to 3:03 AM CST
- Where
- Day County, 2 mi S of Waubay
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.300, -97.320
The tornado touched down briefly. Path length and width were estimated.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997
- Hurricane in Alabama, July 18 to 22, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 18, 1997
- Tornado and Flood in Wisconsin, July 18, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Utah, July 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 18, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Alabama, July 18, 1997
- Damaging Wind in District of Columbia, July 18, 1997
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 1997Warnings in South Dakota, July 1997
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: 5612130, 5612129, 5612131, 5612132, 5612133, 5612134, 5612135, 5612136.