Tornado History Map

Lawrence County, South Dakota tornado history

25 tornadoes recorded in or across Lawrence County from 1953 to 2020, 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 Lawrence County

The Storm Prediction Center records 25 tornadoes whose paths touched Lawrence County, South Dakota between 1953 and 2020. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 11 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 12 July 1965. The most recent was on 10 July 2020.

  • 25tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 312per 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 Lawrence County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0624%
F1 / EF11040%
F2 / EF2728%
F3 / EF328%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Lawrence County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1990s.1950s21960s61970s31990s72000s12010s32020s3

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s6
1970s3
1990s7
2000s1
2010s3
2020s3
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May2Jun11Jul8Aug4Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May2
Jun11
Jul8
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Lawrence County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Wyoming tornado12 July 1965, F3, 20.8 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado10 July 2020, EF1, 14.8 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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