South Dakota, 2000Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
May 17, 2000 · NWS FSD · 5 events in 1 county or zone
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
Open the live radar over this ground
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $135,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- May 17, 9:02 AM CST
- Where
- Brookings County, 3 mi S of Volga
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.267, -96.917
Thunderstorm winds caused tree and power line damage, causing power outages.
Hail, Brookings
- When
- May 17, 9:05 AM CST
- Where
- Brookings County, Volga
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.317, -96.917
Large hail caused damage in Volga, but the amount of damage was not known.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- May 17, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Brookings County, 2 mi N of Elkton
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.267, -96.483
Thunderstorm winds destroyed a barn roof, and damaged another barn.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- May 17, 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Brookings County, White
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.433, -96.650
Thunderstorm winds damaged two farm buildings.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brookings
- When
- May 17, 9:16 AM CST to 9:26 AM CST
- Where
- Brookings County, Brookings Arpt
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.300, -96.800
Thunderstorm winds blew off part of a motel roof, overturned two boats, blew a trampoline into a car dealership, and caused tree and some vehicle damage.
- 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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000$4.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000$1.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 20 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 2000$2.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 3 events
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 17 to 18, 2000$558,000 · 1 in hail · 13 events
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 2000$38,000 · F1 · 38 events
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 2000$256,000 · 2 in hail · 14 events
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000$202,000 · 1.75 in hail · 13 events
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 2000$300,000 · 1.5 in hail · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 17 to 18, 2000$160,000 · 1.75 in hail · 14 events
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000$154,000 · 1.75 in hail · 10 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000$150,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 17, 2000$90,000 · 2 events
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: 5146955, 5147028, 5147029, 5147030, 5146956.