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South Dakota, 1990

The year's recorded storm events, federal disaster declarations and flood insurance claims.

168events recorded113 in 1989
0deaths recorded1 injuries
$5.0Mproperty damage (estimates)
1disaster declarations1 NFIP claims, $0 paid
← 19891991 →

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders.

Events by hazard

Hail86
Wind70
Tornado12

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 1990 was 168 against 113 in 1989.

Counties with the most recorded events

CountyEvents in 1990
Brown County11
Dewey County9
Minnehaha County8
Pennington County7
Beadle County6
Meade County6
Miner County6
Potter County6
Spink County6
Walworth County6
Edmunds County5
Hughes County5
Kingsbury County4
Lincoln County4
Brookings County3
Campbell County3
Charles Mix County3
Codington County3
Corson County3
Day County3
Harding County3
Lake County3
Lyman County3
Stanley County3
Sully County3

Notable events

DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeProperty damageDeathsInjuries
7 Jul 1990CampbellHail5.00 in——1
16 Jun 1990UnionTornadoF1$2,500,000——
16 Jun 1990ClayTornadoF1$2,500,000——
24 May 1990MeadeTornadoF0———
1 Jun 1990DeweyTornadoF0———
1 Jun 1990BrownTornadoF0———
25 Aug 1990EdmundsTornadoF0———
7 Jun 1990ToddTornadoF1———
7 Jun 1990ToddTornadoF0———
7 Jun 1990ToddTornadoF0———
11 Jun 1990CorsonTornadoF0———
11 Jun 1990BeadleTornadoF0———
1 Jun 1990BrownTornadoF0———

Up to 40 events with deaths, injuries, damage of $50,000 or more, or a tornado rating, ranked by deaths, injuries and damage.

Federal disaster declarations in 1990

DeclaredNumberTypeIncidentTitleCounties
14 Sep 1990FM-2076Fire management assistanceFireSwedlund Fire0

Flood insurance claims with a 1990 date of loss

1 NFIP claims, 0 of them paid, for $0.

Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2 (1 Oct 2026); OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 (8 Sep 2026). Built 1 Oct 2026.