South Dakota

Storm History: Moody County, South Dakota

542 episodes, 657 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Moody 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
657
Deaths
2
Injuries
4
Damage
$31 million
Episodes
542

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
Hail15500$2.1 million
Flood9000$18 million
Winter Weather6111
Winter Storm5200
High Wind4700$155,000
Blizzard4400$921,000
Drought3700$7.5 million
Tornado3301$528,000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$385,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2300
Heavy Snow2200$10,000
Flash Flood1800$1.4 million
Excessive Heat1500
Cold/Wind Chill1400
Ice Storm712$405,000
Lightning400$100,000
Wildfire200
Heat200
Strong Wind100

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 Moody County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Moody CountyEvery warning in Moody 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.