What the record says
On 22 May 2010, a tornado touched down near Bowdle, South Dakota. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 5.7 miles long and up to 1,200 yards wide, rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale.
- EF4Enhanced Fujita rating
- 0deaths
- 0injuries
- 5.7 mipath length
- 1,200 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 45.45, -99.75 and the end point at 45.48, -99.64 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in South Dakota
- Farmer, South Dakota tornado30 May 1998, F4, 6 deaths, 150 injuries, 14 miles long
- Venturia, North Dakota tornado31 July 1966, F3, 2 deaths, 4 injuries, 26.4 miles long
- Irene, South Dakota tornado7 June 1965, F4, 1 death, 7.8 miles long
- Groton, South Dakota tornado21 June 1961, F3, 1 death, 7 injuries, 156.3 miles long
- Warner, South Dakota tornado1 July 1973, F3, 1 death, 3 injuries, 0.3 miles long
- Burton, Nebraska tornado8 May 1965, F5, 1 injury, 30.1 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2010
- Tallulah, Louisiana tornado24 April 2010, EF4, 10 deaths, 146 injuries, 149 miles long
- Perrysburg, Ohio tornado5 June 2010, EF4, 7 deaths, 28 injuries, 8.8 miles long
- Westville, Oklahoma tornado31 December 2010, EF3, 4 deaths, 10 injuries, 21.1 miles long
- Ashland, Mississippi tornado2 May 2010, EF3, 3 deaths, 9 injuries, 29.6 miles long
- Moore, Oklahoma tornado10 May 2010, EF4, 2 deaths, 49 injuries, 24 miles long
All tornadoes of 2010 · South Dakota tornado history · All notable tornadoes