1985: An F1 tornado touched down, ten miles east of Raymond, destroying two cattle sheds and damaged several buildings. A garage was moved off its foundation. Heavy rains, strong winds and hail up to 2.75 inches in diameter produced considerable damage to farm buildings between Raymond and Garden City. Rainfall amounts of three to six inches caused additional crop losses from erosion. In the city of Clark, some basement flooding occurred and water ran across Highway 212 west of Clark. Some storm total rain fall amounts include; 3.77 inches in Clark; 3.15 in Clear Lake; 2.85 in Redfield; and 2.31 inches in 3 miles NE of Raymond. This thunderstorm began near Kennebec where winds gusted to 80 mph and small hail was observed. A few trees were uprooted and numerous branched were downed. Several car windows were broke from wind and small hail. A half inch of rain fell in ten minutes, filling ditches. Strong winds continued into Spink County were extensive damage was done to a farm estate east of Redfield. Heavy rains of three to five inches caused road and basement flooding. A damage path from wind and hail continued to Clear Lake, to south of Gary and into Minnesota to the east of Canby. Winds gusted to 70 mph and hail ranged from one to almost two inches in diameter. In Clear Lake, four businesses were damaged and power poles were downed. One building had the fiberglass siding and roofing torn off. A second building had a metal roof blown off. Highway 77, south of Clear Lake was impassable due to hail on the ground.

1993: Heavy rains of three to seven inches fell in Grant County resulting in the overflow of Lake Farley into the city of Milbank. The dam held, but an emergency dike broke on the evening of the 17th releasing water into residential streets and a trailer court in Milbank. This forced evacuation of at least 200 people. Damage included 120 mobile homes and 26 houses being affected by floodwaters. In addition, a man died when his pickup truck hit a wash out on a gravel road south of Milbank and was swept into the floodwaters of a nearby creek.

2008: Severe thunderstorms developed along a stationary front and brought large hail up to the size of baseballs and winds over 60 mph to parts of central and north central South Dakota. Some vehicles and buildings were damaged and windows broken with baseball hail northwest of Presho.

1985: A severe thunderstorm developed over Barnard in Brown County during the mid afternoon hours. This severe thunderstorm continued to intensify as it tracked southward toward Westport. Hail up to the size of softballs was reported in near

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