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McPherson County and across northern Brown County during the evening hours. The first tornado to touchdown was a brief F0, and occurred 6.4 miles northeast of Leola and resulted in no damage. The second tornado was an F1 and touched down 8.5 miles northeast of Leola and crossed over into Brown County where it dissipated 9 miles northwest of Barnard. This tornado brought down many trees and a barn, and caused damage to the siding and the roof of a farmhouse in McPherson County. A third weak satellite F0 tornado occurred following the dissipation of the second tornado and resulted in no damage. A fourth, stronger F3 tornado developed 6 miles west of Barnard and moved east before dissipating 3 miles southeast of Barnard. This tornado brought down some high power lines along with a support tower and tossed a pickup truck 100 yards into a group of trees. The pickup truck was totaled. The tornado caused extensive damage to two farmhouses, several farm buildings, and farm equipment. One farmhouse lost the garage and had many trees completely snapped off down low and debarked. The fifth tornado developed 5 miles southeast of Barnard and became a violent F4 tornado. This tornado caused damage to one farmhouse, several outbuildings, trees, and equipment as it moved northeast and strengthened. The tornado then completely demolished two unoccupied homes, several outbuildings, along with destroying or damaging some farm equipment before dissipating 7.6 miles northeast of Barnard. The sixth tornado was a weak satellite F0 which occurred with this violent tornado and caused no damage. The F4 tornado was the first recorded in Brown county and one of few recorded in South Dakota. The total estimated property loss exceeded a million dollars.

1944: Four tornadoes killed 153 persons and caused five million dollars damage in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland. The tornadoes moved southeast along parallel paths flattening everything in their way. The town of Shinnston, WV was leveled and was left with the majority of the causalities.

1951: Hail accumulated twelve inches deep in El Dorado, KS.

1982: At the South Pole Weather Station the temperature fell to an all-time record low (for that location) of -117 degrees.