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2013: A line of thunderstorms moving northeast across the region brought damaging wind gusts from 60 to 80 mph to parts of central and northeast South Dakota. Many branches along with several trees were downed. Some buildings were also damaged with a couple buildings destroyed. A cabin on the east shore of the Missouri River and north-northwest of Pierre was destroyed by an estimated eighty mph wind. A hundred foot by seventy-five foot storage building was flattened south of Doland in Spink County. Tractors and planters and other equipment in the building were damaged.

1749: Shortly after midnight a tornado roared out of the Mediterranean Sea and onto the Italian shore. It caused panic among the local population fearing it as a sign of the apocalypse, however Pope Benedict XIV assigned a local priest to study the phenomena. It was found that though tornadoes were rare, they were not unheard of and had happened before in that area.

1899: A killer F5 tornado ripped through New Richmond, WI. Unfortunately, about 1000 extra people were in town for a circus. 117 people were killed and 200 were injured. 300 buildings were destroyed and a 3000 pound safe was carried a full block.

2001: A severe thunderstorm in Kandiyohi County, MN produced wind gusts of 119 mph and tennis-ball sized hail.