South Dakota

Storm History: Walworth County, South Dakota

469 episodes, 663 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Walworth 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
663
Deaths
2
Injuries
5
Damage
$7.1 million
Episodes
469

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
Hail19000
Tornado13402$628,000
High Wind6100
Thunderstorm Wind5500$500
Blizzard4703
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill3810
Drought3500
Flash Flood2900$3.0 million
Heavy Snow2000
Winter Storm1900
Flood1400$3.5 million
Excessive Heat600
Cold/Wind Chill300
Ice Storm310
Heat200
Winter Weather200
Wildfire200
Strong Wind100
Freezing Fog100
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 Walworth County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Walworth CountyEvery warning in Walworth 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.