How to be Ready for Summer Weather and Storms This YearPublic Affairs Director Jon Michaels talks with Sioux Falls Weather Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Peter Rogers, about what we may expect for weather and storms this summer.
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Thunderstorms & Tornadoes
The following summaries cover "significant" or widespread thunderstorm outbreaks and tornadoes. Tornadoes, hail, wind damage, and flooding impacts can be found in these summaries. If the event was focused mainly on flooding it will be found under the "Flooding" section.
2024
July 29-30, 2024 - Widespread Winds and Damage in Southeast South Dakota and Northwest Iowa
June 8-9, 2024 - Multiple rounds of severe weather and heavy rain
May 31, 2024 - Brief Tornadoes Reported in Northwest Iowa
May 20-21, 2024 - Multiple rounds of storms bring large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain
April 16, 2024 - Brief Tornadoes and Widespread Rainfall across the Region
2023
October 12-14, 2023 - Widespread Beneficial Rain
August 10-11, 2023 - Tornadoes, Hail, and Gusty Winds
July 13, 2023 - Supercell thunderstorms bring very large hail
July 12, 2023 - A Severe Squall Line Brings Damaging Winds
2022
July 5, 2022 - Derecho moves across southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa (a.k.a. "The storm with the green sky")
June 20, 2022 - Scattered Strong Winds across southeast South Dakota and southwest Minnesota
May 28-30, 2022 - Memorial Day Weekend Severe Thunderstorms Summary
May 12, 2022 - May Derecho Brings Widespread Damage to the Area
April 12, 2022 - Scattered Hail-producing Thunderstorms across southeast SD, southwest MN, and northwest IA
2021
December 15, 2021 - Historic December Severe Weather Outbreak Brings Damaging Winds and Tornadoes to Northwest Iowa
September 16, 2021 - Damaging Winds Move Across SE South Dakota, SW Minnesota, and NW Iowa
August 30, 2021 - Hail and Heavy Rain in southeast SD and northwest IA
August 28, 2021 - Very Large Hail, Damaging Wind, Brief Tornadoes and Flooding
August 8, 2021 - Multiple Funnel Clouds and Brief Tornado across northwest IA and southwest MN
August 5, 2021 - Large Hail, Strong Winds impact southeast SD, southwest MN, northwest IA
June 11, 2021 - Damaging Winds across the region
2020
October 11, 2020 - Hail and Winds after Wildfires
August 30, 2020 - Scattered Strong to Severe Storms, Mainly Wind & Hail
August 28, 2020 - Strong Winds and 2 Brief Tornadoes Move Through the Highway 14 Corridor
August 10, 2020 - Morning Severe Storms Produce Winds, Large Hail (starting point of Iowa/Illinois Derecho)
August 8-9, 2020 - Nighttime Bow Echo Across Southeast South Dakota
July 6-7, 2020 - Wind, Hail & Flooding Southeast South Dakota through Northwest Iowa
June 25, 2020 - Severe Storms Bring High Winds and Heavy Rain
June 21, 2020 - Father's Day Storms across Northwest Iowa and Nearby Areas
June 20, 2020 - Hail Storms Across South-Central South Dakota on Summer Solstice 2020
June 8-9, 2020 - Multiple Rounds of Severe Weather and Heavy Rain
June 5, 2020 - Strong Storms Across Southwest Minnesota into Northwest Iowa
2019
September 10, 2019 - Tornadoes in Sioux Falls, SD
August 17, 2019 - Large Hail and Bow Echo through southeast SD/southwest MN/northwest IA
August 6, 2019 - Tornado in Burke, SD
July 20, 2019 - Bow Echo through southeast SD/southwest MN/northwest IA
July 18, 2019 - Tornado in Crooks, SD
July 17, 2019 - Bow Echo through southeast SD/northwest IA (south of I-90)
June 30, 2019 - Tornado in Gregory County, SD
June 27, 2019 - Severe Storms and Flash Flooding
2018
September 18-21, 2018 - Widespread Heavy Rain, Flooding, and Severe Storms
August 27-28, 2018 - Hailstorms across southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa
August 5, 2018 - Wind Damage and a weak tornado across southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa
June 1, 2018 - Thunderstorms and Localized Damaging Winds with Blowing Dust
May 11, 2018 - Wake Low produces Strong Winds
May 8, 2018 - Hail and a Tornado Impact the Area During the Evening
2017
September 19, 2017 - Line of Severe Storms with Damaging Winds
August 25, 2017 - Line of Severe Storms with Heavy Rain
August 21, 2017 - Solar Eclipse Day Flash Flood and Storm Summary
August 18, 2017 - Tornadic Supercell in southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa
August 13, 2017 - Summary of Hailstorms in southeast South Dakota and southwest Minnesota
August 1, 2017 - Severe Hail and Wind south of I-90
July 19, 2017 - Long Track Severe Storm Rolls Across South Dakota and Minnesota
June 29, 2017 - Severe Storms Affect Missouri River Valley into northwest Iowa
June 13, 2017 - Long Duration Severe Weather Event across the Region
June 11, 2017 - Large Hail and Damaging Winds from central South Dakota to southwest and central Minnesota
May 16, 2017 - Heat Burst brings Damaging Winds to northwest Iowa/southwest Minnesota
May 15, 2017 - Damaging Winds Impact Armour, SD
2016
September 5, 2016 - Severe Straight-Line Winds Impact Springfield, SD
July 16, 2016 - Strong to Severe Storms Impact Southwest Minnesota and Southeast South Dakota
July 5, 2016 - Large Hail along Highway 14 corridor
June 17, 2016 - Large Hail and Damaging Wind throughout southwest Minnesota, far southeast South Dakota and northwest Iowa
June 14, 2016 - Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in southwest Minnesota and around the Iowa Great Lakes
June 10, 2016 - Large Hail and Damaging Wind in southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa
May 25, 2016 - Large Hail and Damaging Wind from south central South Dakota through northwest Iowa
May 23, 2016 - Severe Storms in northwest Iowa
May 22, 2016 - Large Hail and Damaging Wind in south central South Dakota
April 24, 2016 - Large Hail and Damaging Wind in northwest Iowa
2015
October 23, 2015 - Six Tornadoes Produced EF-0 Damage in Northwest Iowa
August 6, 2015 - Brief Tornado and Straight Line Wind Damage near Brookings, SD
June 22, 2015 - Damaging Wake Low Winds Impact southeast South Dakota/southwest Minnesota
June 22, 2015 - Damaging Bow Echo Winds Impact southeast South Dakota/northwest Iowa (Garretson, SD, and Sheldon, IA)
May 10, 2015 - Storm Survey Rates Delmont, SD Tornado an EF-2
2014
June 18, 2014 - Jerauld County, SD Tornadoes
June 18, 2014 - EF-4 Tornado Damage near Alpena, SD
June 18, 2014 - EF-2 Tornado Damage in Wessington Springs, SD
June 17, 2014 - June 17th Humboldt Tornado Preliminary Rating EF-2
May 11, 2014 - Preliminary damage survey for Hospers Iowa tornado
2013
October 4, 2013 - Pierson, IA - Tornado Damage Survey
October 4, 2013 - Tri-State Area Tornado Damage Survey
2012
April 15, 2012 - A summary of wind gusts and severe weather reports from April 15, 2012
2011
July 1, 2011 - Tyler and Ruthton Tornado Storm Survey
July 1, 2011 - Radar Review for eastern South Dakota and southwest Minnesota High Precipitation Supercell
May 30, 2011 - Southeast South Dakota Storm Survey
April 9, 2011 - Arthur/Cherokee County, IA - Tornado Damage Survey
2010
Summary of Severe Weather, Heavy Rain, and Flooding in June/July 2010
July 23, 2010 - Sioux Falls Dodges Strong Wind Friday Night
July 22, 2010 - Maurice/Cherokee, IA - Straight-Line Wind Damage
July 17, 2010 - Damaging Winds for Great Lakes Area of Dickinson County
June 25, 2010 - Little Rock/Sibley, IA - Tornado Damage Survey
June 11, 2010 - Sioux Falls, SD - Straight-Line Wind Damage
June 3, 2010 - Akron, IA - Straight-Line Wind Damage