Storm History: Roberts County, South Dakota

Events

688

Deaths

2

Injuries

2

Damage

$19 million

Episodes

544

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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• Tornado, June 19, 19791 death · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Cold/Wind Chill, December 8, 19961 death · 1 event here

• Flood, June 1, 2019$12 million · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 19791 death · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$1.2 million · 1 event here
• Hail, May 23, 1994$1.2 million · 1.75 in hail · 7 events here
• Flood, May 11, 1998$580,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 7, 2001$380,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 9, 2023$300,000 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 1979$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 6, 1994$200,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$191,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 11, 2008$150,000 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 2025$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• Tornado, May 5, 1964$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 30, 1967$25,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 1974$25,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, August 18, 2009$5,000 · 1 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 11, 1972$3,000 · F1 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 29, 1975$3,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 1988$3,000 · F0 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 23, 1994$1,000 · F0 · 1 event here

• Hail, July 17, 20104.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 19, 19974 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20173 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 3, 20032.75 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 12, 19882.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 15, 19802.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 13, 19582.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 24, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 5, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20182.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20172.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Flash Flood, July 10, 20102.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 29, 20012.5 in hail · 2 events here

• Tornado, May 22, 2010EF4 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF3 · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF3 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 19, 19791 death · $2.5 million · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 8, 19511 injured · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 21, 1956F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 5, 1964$25,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 23, 1966F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 21, 1972F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 3, 1979$250,000 · F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 22, 1981F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 23, 2004F2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF2 · 7 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here

Every tornado in Roberts County, with its track

• Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 202660 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 14, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 8, 202657 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 3, 20261 event 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
• High Wind, February 5, 202652 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 26, 202658 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 28, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 17, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 17, 202572 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, December 14, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Weather, December 9, 20251 event here
• High Wind, December 9, 202567 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 25, 202559 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 10, 202558 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 2, 202552 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 20, 202555 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, September 14, 2025EF1 · 2 events here
• High Wind, September 4, 202556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, August 5, 20253 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 28, 20253.5 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, July 20, 20251 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 14, 20251 in hail · 4 events here
• Tornado, June 28, 2025EF3 · 1 event here
• Flood, June 25, 20251 event here
• Excessive Heat, June 20, 20251 event here
• Flash Flood, June 12, 2025$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 15, 202564 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 202560 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, April 1, 20251 event here
• Winter Storm, April 1, 20251 event here
• Drought, March 25, 20251 event here
• Blizzard, March 4, 20251 event here
• High Wind, February 28, 202557 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 20251 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 18, 20251 event here
• High Wind, January 17, 202554 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, December 4, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 19, 202460 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20241 event here
• Drought, October 22, 20241 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 25, 20241 event here
• Hail, July 31, 20241.25 in hail · 6 events here
• Hail, June 12, 20241.75 in hail · 1 event here
• High Wind, June 5, 202453 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, May 24, 202455 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 6, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 24, 20241 event here
• High Wind, March 3, 202451 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 14, 20241 event here
• High Wind, January 21, 202456 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 20241 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, October 30, 20232 events here
• Drought, September 1, 20231 event here
• Excessive Heat, August 21, 20231 event here
• Tornado, August 10, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20231 event here
• Drought, July 25, 20231 event here
• Tornado, July 25, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 202353 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 1, 2023EF0 · 1 event here
• Flood, April 12, 20231 event here
• Flood, April 11, 20231 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
• Heavy Snow, March 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, March 16, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 1, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, February 25, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 22, 20231 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 21, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, February 20, 20231 event here
• Blizzard, February 14, 20231 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20231 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 30, 20231 event here
• High Wind, January 27, 202355 kt wind · 1 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
• Ice Storm, December 12, 20221 event here
• High Wind, November 6, 202257 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, November 1, 20221 event here
• High Wind, October 24, 202253 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 12, 202264 kt wind · 1 event here
• Drought, October 1, 20221 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 202254 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 5, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, July 20, 20221 in hail · 5 events here
• Hail, June 24, 20222.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, June 20, 20221.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Tornado, June 12, 2022EF2 · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 30, 2022EF3 · 2 events here
• High Wind, May 13, 202255 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 12, 2022EF2 · 7 events here
• Flood, May 10, 20221 event here
• Hail, May 9, 20221.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, May 7, 2022EF0 · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 12, 202263 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 5, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 25, 202254 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, February 21, 20221 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 20, 20221 event here
• Wildfire, February 18, 202259 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 2, 20221 event here
• High Wind, February 1, 202258 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 25, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 18, 202256 kt wind · 1 event here
• Winter Storm, January 14, 20221 event here
• High Wind, January 8, 202250 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 20221 event here
• Blizzard, January 4, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 1, 20221 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 28, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 26, 20211 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 17, 20211 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
• Blizzard, November 11, 20211 event here
• High Wind, November 11, 202165 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, October 13, 2021EF0 · 3 events here
• Tornado, October 9, 2021EF0 · 1 event here
• Hail, August 26, 202170 kt wind · 2 events here
• Hail, August 23, 20211.25 in hail · 1 event here
• Drought, August 1, 20211 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 202165 kt wind · 3 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
• Blizzard, January 14, 20211 event here
• Blizzard, December 23, 20201 event here
• High Wind, November 13, 202052 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, November 8, 202056 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 27, 202055 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 21, 20201 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 20, 20201 event here
• Hail, August 11, 202068 kt wind · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 202066 kt wind · 8 events here
• High Wind, June 14, 202071 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, June 4, 20201 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, April 6, 20201.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, February 12, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 21, 20201 event here
• Blizzard, January 17, 20201 event here
• Winter Storm, December 27, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, December 1, 20191 event here
• Winter Storm, November 29, 20191 event here
• High Wind, October 21, 201955 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, October 10, 20191 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 201952 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 17, 20191.75 in hail · 1 event here
• Flood, June 1, 2019$12 million · 1 event here
• Flood, May 23, 20191 event here
• Flood, May 1, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 18, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, April 11, 20191 event here
• Flood, April 1, 2019$191,000 · 1 event here
• Flood, March 27, 20191 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
• Blizzard, February 24, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, February 19, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, February 7, 20191 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 20191 event here
• Heavy Snow, January 27, 20191 event here
• Blizzard, December 31, 20181 event here
• Blizzard, December 27, 20181 event here
• High Wind, October 3, 201855 kt wind · 1 event here
• Dense Fog, August 25, 20181 event here
• Hail, July 10, 20181.75 in hail · 3 events here
• Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 201861 kt wind · 1 event here
• Flash Flood, July 2, 20182.5 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 24, 2018EF0 · 4 events here
• High Wind, April 30, 201860 kt wind · 1 event here
• Heavy Snow, April 8, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 23, 20181 event here
• Heavy Snow, March 5, 20181 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 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
• High Wind, November 29, 201759 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 26, 201754 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, July 21, 20172.5 in hail · 2 events here
• Hail, July 11, 20173 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 13, 2017EF1 · 13 events here
• Heavy Snow, March 12, 20171 event here
• High Wind, March 7, 201764 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 201752 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, January 30, 201751 kt wind · 1 event here
• Ice Storm, December 25, 2016$1.2 million · 1 event here
• Blizzard, December 25, 20161 event here
• High Wind, December 18, 201653 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 20161 event here
• Heavy Snow, December 10, 20161 event here
• High Wind, December 5, 201663 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, November 18, 20161 event here
• High Wind, November 12, 201654 kt wind · 1 event here
• Hail, August 28, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 16, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Hail, August 10, 20161.75 in hail · 2 events here
• Excessive Heat, July 19, 20161 event here
• Tornado, July 16, 2016EF0 · 2 events here
• Hail, July 9, 20161.25 in hail · 3 events here
• Hail, July 4, 20161 in hail · 1 event here
• Tornado, June 14, 2016EF0 · 1 event here
• Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 201652 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 6, 201657 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, February 7, 201661 kt wind · 1 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 16, 20161 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, November 12, 201556 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, October 11, 201565 kt wind · 1 event here
• Tornado, July 17, 2015EF0 · 4 events here
• Flash Flood, July 5, 201561 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, April 1, 201552 kt wind · 1 event here
• High Wind, March 15, 201556 kt wind · 1 event here
• Blizzard, March 3, 20151 event here
• Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, February 9, 20151 event here
• Blizzard, January 8, 20151 event here
• Winter Weather, December 15, 20141 event here
• Heavy Snow, November 9, 20141 event here

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Tornadoes in Roberts CountyEvery warning in Roberts 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.