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Potter County, South Dakota
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1955 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
Tornado paths in Potter County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 20 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
Year by year
NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 34 | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | 0 |
| 2023 | 18 | 0 |
| 2022 | 30 | 0 |
| 2021 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020 | 13 | 0 |
| 2019 | 31 | 0 |
| 2018 | 13 | 0 |
| 2017 | 15 | 0 |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 |
| 2015 | 11 | 0 |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| 2013 | 21 | 0 |
| 2012 | 12 | 0 |
| 2011 | 31 | 1 |
| 2010 | 14 | 0 |
| 2009 | 11 | 2 |
| 2008 | 14 | 0 |
| 2007 | 15 | 0 |
| 2006 | 28 | 1 |
| 2005 | 9 | 0 |
| 2004 | 8 | 0 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 |
| 2000 | 14 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1997 | 19 | 0 |
| 1996 | 15 | 0 |
| 1995 | 11 | 1 |
| 1994 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 3 | 0 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1991 | 3 | 0 |
| 1990 | 6 | 0 |
| 1989 | 2 | 0 |
| 1987 | 4 | 0 |
| 1986 | 3 | 0 |
| 1985 | 8 | 0 |
| 1983 | 4 | 0 |
| 1982 | 2 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 2 |
| 1980 | 4 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 1 |
| 1978 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 1 | 0 |
| 1974 | 2 | 0 |
| 1971 | 1 | 1 |
| 1970 | 1 | 1 |
| 1967 | 1 | 0 |
| 1966 | 2 | 2 |
| 1965 | 3 | 3 |
| 1964 | 1 | 1 |
| 1963 | 1 | 0 |
| 1960 | 2 | 0 |
| 1956 | 1 | 0 |
| 1955 | 3 | 3 |
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