Storm History: Hand County, South Dakota

Events

867

Deaths

3

Injuries

15

Damage

$51 million

Episodes

529

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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• Winter Weather, January 26, 20201 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 30, 20201 death · EF2 · 4 events here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$36 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 4, 1994$5.5 million · F0 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 12, 19941 injured · $5.5 million · 2.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 196410 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$830,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 15, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 2024$191,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 30, 20102 injured · $150,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 29, 1993$55,000 · F0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 3, 1971$50,000 · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, September 2, 1983$28,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 23, 1959$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 3, 2005$15,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2013$5,000 · EF0 · 11 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 1959$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 22, 1985$3,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 1994$500 · 70 kt wind · 1 event here

• Hail, June 23, 20024.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 24, 20064.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 9 events here
• Hail, August 26, 20184 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 1, 19694 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 28, 20113 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 8, 20093 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 30, 19983 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20242.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 25, 20162.75 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 13, 20092.75 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, July 16, 20082.75 in hail · 1 event here

• Tornado, June 26, 1965F3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 3, 1971$50,000 · F3 · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 16, 19921 injured · F3 · 9 events here
• Tornado, August 30, 20201 death · EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, May 25, 1959$3,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 23, 1959$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 196410 injured · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 19, 1974F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 15, 1978$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 2, 1983$28,000 · F2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 30, 1992F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 24, 2006F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 24, 2006F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 2 events here

Every tornado in Hand County, with its track

• Tornado, June 29, 20261.75 in hail · 13 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 202665 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 9, 20261 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20261.75 in hail · 7 events here
• High Wind, March 28, 202661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, March 12, 202670 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, February 17, 202663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20261 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 20261 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202666 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 15, 202662 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 17, 202572 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202567 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 28, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 26, 20251 event here
• Flood, July 23, 202570 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20252.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20252.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 202561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Wildfire, May 11, 202552 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 death · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, March 29, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• Tornado, February 24, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 19, 202459 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 2, 20241 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 202495 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 6, 20241.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, June 20, 2024$191,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 2, 20242.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 23, 20241.75 in hail · 5 events here
• High Wind, April 15, 202467 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20241 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, September 2, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, July 30, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 2023EF0 · 9 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20231.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 23, 20231.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 4, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20231 event here
• High Wind, February 14, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20231 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 202355 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, January 16, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, December 21, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, December 14, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 13, 20221 event here
• High Wind, December 1, 202251 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20221 event here
• Ice Storm, November 9, 20221 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 13, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 5, 20221 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 18, 20221 event here
• Flash Flood, July 7, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 5, 20224 in hail · 9 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 29, 20221 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 2 events here
• Tornado, April 22, 2022EF0 · 6 events here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 4, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, December 15, 202156 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 5, 202153 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202170 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20211 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, August 26, 202170 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, July 25, 20213.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20211 event here
• Hail, June 10, 20211 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, June 1, 20211 event here
• High Wind, March 29, 202163 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 10, 20211 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 6, 20211 event here
• High Wind, January 14, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 22, 202060 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 30, 20201 death · EF2 · 4 events here
• Tornado, August 27, 2020EF1 · 2 events here
• Flood, July 4, 20201.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 4, 2020EF2 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 18, 20201 event here
• Hail, June 17, 20202.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 7, 2020EF1 · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, April 9, 20201 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 8, 20201 event here
• Winter Weather, January 26, 20201 death · 1 injured · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, December 29, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 27, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, August 2, 20191 event here
• Hail, July 16, 20192 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 13, 20191 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 4, 20192 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$36 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$830,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 22, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, March 13, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 9, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 2, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 201963 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 18, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• Hail, September 19, 20181 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 20184 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 23, 2018EF0 · 2 events here
• Tornado, July 18, 2018EF0 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 3, 20182 in hail · 3 events here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20182.5 in hail · 11 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20181 event here
• Funnel Cloud, June 23, 20181 event here
• Tornado, June 16, 2018EF0 · 8 events here
• High Wind, June 5, 201861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, June 5, 20181 event here
• Dust Storm, June 1, 20181 event here
• Dust Storm, April 29, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, April 13, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, March 5, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 18, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 20171 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 26, 20171 event here
• Blizzard, December 4, 20171 event here
• Tornado, September 19, 2017EF1 · 1 event here
• Drought, September 1, 20171 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20171 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20172.5 in hail · 4 events here
• Hail, July 19, 20171 in hail · 3 events here
• Drought, July 1, 20171 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 5 events here
• Hail, June 11, 20172.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Drought, June 6, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 24, 20171 event here
• High Wind, December 25, 201663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20161 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 16, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 20161 event here
• Hail, September 4, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 2, 20161.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 201673 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, July 5, 20161.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, May 26, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, May 25, 20162.75 in hail · 4 events here
• High Wind, February 19, 201672 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, February 13, 20161 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 event here
• Winter Storm, December 25, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 1, 20151 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 30, 20151 event here
• High Wind, November 18, 201567 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 15, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 9, 20152 in hail · 8 events here
• Hail, August 1, 20151 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 24, 2015EF0 · 6 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 21, 20152.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 19, 20152 in hail · 25 events here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• High Wind, January 8, 201560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Funnel Cloud, August 16, 20141 event here
• Hail, August 14, 20141.25 in hail · 2 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2014EF0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 18, 2014EF1 · 2 events here
• Hail, June 16, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 14, 20141.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2014EF0 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, May 26, 20142 events here
• Hail, April 27, 20141 in hail · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 31, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 20141 event here
• High Wind, January 25, 201461 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 16, 201460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, January 16, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 20141 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 22, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 6, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, December 3, 20131 event here
• Flash Flood, September 18, 20132 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, August 27, 20131 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 22, 201356 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 2013$5,000 · EF0 · 11 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 201370 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, May 18, 20131.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, May 1, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, April 8, 20131 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, March 1, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 18, 20131 event here
• Blizzard, February 10, 20131 event here
• Drought, February 1, 20131 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20131 event here
• Winter Storm, January 28, 20131 event here
• Drought, January 1, 20131 event here
• Drought, December 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20121 event here
• High Wind, October 17, 201267 kt wind · 2 events here
• Drought, October 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, September 3, 20121.25 in hail · 5 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20121 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20121 event here
• Hail, June 13, 20121.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, May 22, 20121.75 in hail · 3 events here

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Tornadoes in Hand CountyEvery warning in Hand County since 1986Every county in South Dakota

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.