South Dakota

Storms in South Dakota in 1999

898 events in 228 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in South Dakota in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

South Dakota in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • 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 year

Events
898
Deaths
1
Injuries
59
Damage
$9.2 million
Episodes
228

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.

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail30901$3.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind16400$752,000
High Wind15300
Winter Storm6503$5,000
Drought4800
Tornado45155$3.8 million
Heavy Snow2700$95,000
Flash Flood2700$619,000
Flood1200
Strong Wind1100
Winter Weather1000
Blizzard600
Funnel Cloud600
Lightning600$52,000
Dense Fog500
Wildfire400

Every episode, month by month

January 1999

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September 1999

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November 1999

December 1999

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Every year in South DakotaEvery state in 1999Tornadoes in South Dakota in 1999Warnings in South Dakota in 199919982000

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.