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South Dakota, 1994

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

249events recorded110 in 1993

0deaths recorded5 injuries

$12Mproperty damage (estimates)$21M crop damage

2disaster declarations18 NFIP claims, $161K paid

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

Hail120

Wind95

Tornado34

Includes events recorded by forecast zone. The state's yearly total for 1994 was 249 against 110 in 1993.

Counties with the most recorded events

County	Events in 1994
Pennington County	20
Hand County	12
Roberts County	12
Day County	8
Hyde County	8
Meade County	8
Todd County	8
Brown County	7
Dewey County	7
Beadle County	6
Hughes County	6
Oglala Lakota County	6
Custer County	5
Edmunds County	5
Faulk County	5
Union County	5
Walworth County	5
Charles Mix County	4
Clark County	4
Grant County	4
Harding County	4
Jackson County	4
Stanley County	4
Bennett County	3
Butte County	3

Notable events

Date	County	Event type	Magnitude	Property damage	Deaths	Injuries
5 Jul 1994	Union	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$50,000	—	2
12 Jun 1994	Hand	Hail	2.75 in	$500,000	—	1
5 Jul 1994	Union	Tornado	F0	$50,000	—	1
4 Jun 1994	Lyman	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$50,000	—	1
6 Jul 1994	Stanley	Thunderstorm Wind	92 mph	$5,000,000	—	—
4 Jun 1994	Hand	Hail	2.75 in	$500,000	—	—
18 Jul 1994	Hyde	Hail	2.00 in	$500,000	—	—
24 Jun 1994	Charles Mix	Hail	2.75 in	$500,000	—	—
18 Aug 1994	Charles Mix	Hail	2.75 in	$100,000	—	—
25 Jun 1994	McCook	Hail	1.75 in	$50,000	—	—
24 Jun 1994	Day	Hail	1.75 in	$50,000	—	—
12 Jun 1994	Miner	Hail	2.75 in	$50,000	—	—
12 Jun 1994	Clark	Hail	2.75 in	$50,000	—	—
7 Jul 1994	Grant	Hail	1.75 in	$50,000	—	—
6 Jun 1994	Bennett	Hail	2.00 in	$50,000	—	—
23 May 1994	Roberts	Hail	1.75 in	$500,000	—	—
23 May 1994	Roberts	Thunderstorm Wind	69 mph	$500,000	—	—
25 Apr 1994	Forecast zone	Tornado	—	$500,000	—	—
25 Apr 1994	Forecast zone	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$500,000	—	—
6 Jun 1994	Tripp	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$500,000	—	—
16 Aug 1994	Butte	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$100,000	—	—
6 Oct 1994	Roberts	Tornado	F1	$200,000	—	—
12 Jul 1994	Haakon	Hail	1.75 in	$50,000	—	—
12 Jun 1994	Jerauld	Hail	1.75 in	$50,000	—	—
4 Jul 1994	Corson	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$50,000	—	—
4 Jul 1994	Corson	Hail	1.50 in	$50,000	—	—
12 Jun 1994	Beadle	Hail	1.00 in	$50,000	—	—
12 Jul 1994	Haakon	Tornado	F1	$50,000	—	—
6 Jul 1994	Dewey	Tornado	F0	$50,000	—	—
10 Jul 1994	Harding	Hail	1.50 in	$50,000	—	—
10 Jul 1994	Butte	Thunderstorm Wind	81 mph	$50,000	—	—
18 Jul 1994	Edmunds	Thunderstorm Wind	81 mph	$50,000	—	—
4 Jun 1994	Lake	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$50,000	—	—
6 Jun 1994	Gregory	Thunderstorm Wind	79 mph	$50,000	—	—
18 Jul 1994	Walworth	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$50,000	—	—
25 Apr 1994	Forecast zone	Thunderstorm Wind	86 mph	$50,000	—	—
7 Jun 1994	Meade	Hail	1.25 in	$50,000	—	—
25 Apr 1994	Forecast zone	Thunderstorm Wind	86 mph	$50,000	—	—
12 Jul 1994	Todd	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$50,000	—	—
25 Apr 1994	Forecast zone	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	$50,000	—	—

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 1994

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Counties
16 Aug 1994	FM-2109	Fire management assistance	Fire	Stagebarn Canyon Fire	0
21 Jun 1994	DR-1031	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding	21

Flood insurance claims with a 1994 date of loss

18 NFIP claims, 14 of them paid, for $161,389.

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.