Tornado History Map

Roberts County, South Dakota tornado history

32 tornadoes recorded in or across Roberts County from 1951 to 2023, 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 Roberts County

The Storm Prediction Center records 32 tornadoes whose paths touched Roberts County, South Dakota between 1951 and 2023. They killed 1 person and injured 1. The busiest month is June, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 3 August 1979. The most recent was on 1 June 2023.

  • 32tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 1injury
  • 291per 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 Roberts County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02166%
F1 / EF1722%
F2 / EF2413%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Roberts County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 1990s.1950s11960s21970s71980s11990s82000s22010s62020s5

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s7
1980s1
1990s8
2000s2
2010s6
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May6Jun13Jul5Aug2Sep1Oct5Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May6
Jun13
Jul5
Aug2
Sep1
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Roberts County

  • Deadliest: South Dakota tornado19 June 1979, F1, 1 death, 0.1 miles long
  • Strongest and Longest path: South Dakota tornado3 August 1979, F2, 20.5 miles long
  • Most recent: South Dakota tornado1 June 2023, EF0, 0 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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