Hail in South Dakota

Events

17,011

Deaths

0

Injuries

65

Damage

$254 million

• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 2 to 30, 19991 death · 54 injured · $3.6 million · F2 · 103 eventsStrong winds from thunderstorms blew over several trees and fences in the community.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 19652 deaths · $5.0 million · F4 · 12 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 8, 19653 injured · $2.6 million · F5 · 18 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 19931 death · 14 injured · $19 million · F3 · 20 eventsTennis ball-size hail pounded a farm, killing two calves, breaking windows, damaging tractors, and leaving two inch holes in a utility shed and in the lawn. Other farms in the area also sustained some hail and wind damage.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 18, 20143 injured · $5.6 million · EF4 · 11 eventsThunderstorms during the evening of June 18th produced tornadoes in Jerauld County, with one tornado crossing briefly into Beadle County. The tornadoes included one that caused severe damage to Wessington Springs. There was also a report of large hail.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 11, 199125 injured · $3.3 million · F3 · 14 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 199210 injured · $40 million · F3 · 68 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 12, 20222 deaths · $876,000 · 1 in hail · 119 eventsA volatile environment featured a warm front from parts of east central South Dakota into western Minnesota, with a dryline extending to the southwest into Nebraska.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 19611 death · 7 injured · $753,000 · F3 · 7 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 19731 death · 7 injured · $150,000 · F3 · 18 events
• Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 20222 deaths · $682,000 · 1 in hail · 55 eventsA cluster of thunderstorms developed across eastern Montana and the western Dakotas during the morning hours. These storms organized and turned southeastward, feeding on rich inflow of post-frontal air with up to 3000 J/kg of MLCAPE and over 1000 J/kg of DCAPE.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 19, 19791 death · $33 million · F2 · 23 events
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 14, 19701 death · 1 injured · $25 million · F2 · 10 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, May 22, 2010EF4 · 35 eventsSeveral supercell thunderstorms developed along a very strong warm front and produced nine tornadoes from Akaska to Bowdle to Hecla. The largest of the tornadoes was an EF4 tornado which occurred near Bowdle. This tornado produced devastating damage in the Bowdle area.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, May 5, 20071 injured · $849,000 · EF3 · 91 eventsNumerous thunderstorms during the afternoon and evening of May 5th produced large hail, damaging winds, several tornadoes, and flash flooding in southeast South Dakota. Significant damage was reported from several locations.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 7, 1969$25,000 · F4 · 3 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 12, 1984$5.0 million · F3 · 10 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, September 10 to 11, 20199 injured · $12 million · EF2 · 37 eventsA frontal boundary provided focus for convective development across south central South Dakota during the very late afternoon and early evening as a strong impulse moved in the southwest flow aloft.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 21, 20131 death · 2 injured · $1.1 million · EF0 · 75 eventsA strong warm front along with very unstable air and strong deep layer winds brought several supercell thunderstorns along with a damaging line of thunderstorms/bow echo to parts of central and northeast South Dakota during the afternoon hours.
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 21, 19834 injured · $500,000 · F3 · 16 events
• Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 31, 20242 deaths · 2 in hail · 21 eventsA very moist and unstable atmosphere was present in the wake of earlier day convection, as another stronger mid-level wave and associated frontal boundary pushed through southeast South Dakota and southwest Minnesota during the evening and early overnight hours.
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 18, 1983$2.5 million · F3 · 8 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 197815 injured · $750,000 · F2 · 15 events
• Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, August 3, 1981$550,000 · F3 · 21 events
• Flash Flooding and Hail in South Dakota, May 5 to 6, 20121 death · $3.0 million · 1.75 in hail · 29 eventsThunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds, and flash flooding in southeast South Dakota, near and north of Interstate 90, during the evening of May 5th. The flash flooding continued past midnight on May 6th.

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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 2026-09-24.