Tornado in South Dakota, July 1, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

1

Property damage

$150,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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 Rapid City radar (KUDX), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:28 UTC.

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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.

• Heat in Texas, July 1 to 31, 199832 deaths · 46 events
• Heat in Louisiana, July 1 to 31, 19986 deaths · 1 event
• Heat in Texas, July 1 to 31, 19985 deaths · 1 event
• Wildfire in Florida, July 1 to 10, 199865 injured · $380 million · 3 events
• Heat in Louisiana, July 1 to 31, 19982 deaths · 1 event
• Heat in Illinois, July 1 to 2, 19982 deaths · 1 event
• Flash Flood in New York, July 1, 1998$2.0 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998$1.0 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in New York, July 1, 1998$1.0 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998$1.0 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998$1.0 million · 1 event
• Flash Flood in Vermont, July 1, 1998$1.0 million · 1 event

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5658134.