South Dakota

Storm History: Marshall County, South Dakota

454 episodes, 621 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Marshall 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
621
Deaths
3
Injuries
3
Damage
$29 million
Episodes
454

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
Tornado13801$778,000
Hail13600$85,000
Blizzard7010
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill4500
High Wind3400
Thunderstorm Wind3300
Heavy Snow3300
Winter Storm3200
Flood2600$28 million
Flash Flood2500$6,000
Drought1300
Winter Weather811
Excessive Heat700
Ice Storm600$289,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning400$50,000
Heat200
Strong Wind211$200,000
Wildfire200
Dense Smoke100

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 Marshall County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Marshall CountyEvery warning in Marshall 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.