Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$20,000

Crop damage

$10,000

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 Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:54 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.

• Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 30, 19986 deaths · 150 injured · $19 million · F4 · 2 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 30, 199822 injured · $218 million · 2.75 in hail · 71 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 199812 injured · $1.6 million · F2 · 19 events
• Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998$1.0 million · F2 · 1 event
• Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30 to 31, 19982 injured · $1.8 million · F1 · 42 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 19981 injured · $3.4 million · F1 · 31 events
• Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998$50,000 · F2 · 1 event
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 30 to 31, 19981 injured · $648,000 · 1.75 in hail · 31 events
• Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 30, 1998$3.1 million · 1 event
• Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 1998$706,000 · 65 kt wind · 19 events
• Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 1998$324,000 · 57 kt wind · 7 events
• Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998$100,000 · F1 · 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: 5645427.