Thunderstorm Wind in South Dakota
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in South Dakota, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in South Dakota.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 12,755
- Deaths
- 15
- Injuries
- 139
- Damage
- $104 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 2 to 30, 1999Strong winds from thunderstorms blew over several trees and fences in the community.
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 7, 1965
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 31, 1966
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 8, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 7, 1993Tennis 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, May 11, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 16, 1992
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 12, 2022A 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, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1973
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 2022A 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, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 11, 1984
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 14, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, September 24, 1986
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in South Dakota, May 22, 2010Several 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.
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 23, 1973
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, May 5, 2007Numerous 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 Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 25, 1969
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 12, 1984
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, September 10 to 11, 2019A 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, 2013A 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, 1983
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 31, 2024A 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
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Thunderstorm Wind everywhereEvery kind of event 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.