South Dakota

Storm History: Fall River County, South Dakota

547 episodes, 1,001 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Fall River County, South Dakota: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,001
Deaths
1
Injuries
3
Damage
$7.1 million
Episodes
547

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail41100$4.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind12410$67,000
Winter Storm11000$25,000
Tornado8103$1.7 million
High Wind7500$80,000
Blizzard4500$165,000
Flash Flood4400$315,000
Heavy Snow3400
Winter Weather3300$50,000
Flood1800$372,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Cold/Wind Chill800
Wildfire300
Heat200
Lightning100$5,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heavy Rain100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Fall River County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Fall River CountyEvery warning in Fall River County since 1986Every county in South Dakota

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.