Tornado History Map

Faulk County, South Dakota tornado history

24 tornadoes recorded in or across Faulk County from 1952 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Faulk County

The Storm Prediction Center records 24 tornadoes whose paths touched Faulk County, South Dakota between 1952 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 9 June 1957. The most recent was on 27 June 2024.

  • 24tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 10injuries
  • 244per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Faulk County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01146%
F1 / EF1938%
F2 / EF2313%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Faulk County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1960s.1950s21960s51970s31980s21990s32000s32010s32020s3

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s5
1970s3
1980s2
1990s3
2000s3
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr2May1Jun11Jul5Aug4Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr2
May1
Jun11
Jul5
Aug4
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Faulk County

  • Strongest: South Dakota tornado9 June 1957, F3, 1 mile long
  • Longest path: South Dakota tornado18 June 1964, F1, 10 injuries, 11.1 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado27 June 2024, EF0, 0.5 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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