Hail, Corson
- When
- June 24, 1:40 AM CST
- Where
- Corson County, Mc Intosh
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -101.350
Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 1997
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 4
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), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Corson
- When
- June 24, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Corson County, 11 mi S of Mc Laughlin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 45.650, -100.820
Tornado, Dewey
- When
- June 24, 2:15 AM CST to 2:16 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, 1 mi N of Timber Lake
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 45.450, -101.070
A brief touchdown of a weak narrow path tornado occurred 1 mile north of Timber Lake. Path length and width were estimated.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dewey
- When
- June 24, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dewey County, La Plant
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.130, -100.670
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 26, 1997
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Nebraska, June 24 to 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 24, 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, June 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: 5608623, 5608625, 5608624, 5608626.