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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Oglala, SD

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Oglala, South Dakota since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 23 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
23

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

1 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Oglala

By decade

  • 2000s6
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s8
  • 1960s1
Strongest tornadoes near Oglala, South Dakota
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 4, 1999F25 mi15 mi1 / 54
Jun 4, 1999F25 mi4 mi0 / 0
Aug 17, 1983F215 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Jun 19, 1983F223 mi22 mi0 / 0
Jun 21, 1984F119 mi0.1 mi0 / 2
Jul 21, 1981F122 mi0.3 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 1969F112 mi1 mi0 / 0
Jun 17, 2008EF023 mi0.04 mi0 / 0
Jun 10, 2006F016 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 6, 2004F025 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 6, 2004F06 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
May 23, 2003F023 mi0.4 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 23, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Oglala while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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