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Tornado (F3) — Beadle, South Dakota

June 24, 2003 · NOAA Storm Events record

Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
0
Property damage
$1.5M
Tornado scale
F3
Area
Beadle

Event narrative (NOAA)

A tornado destroyed farm buildings and numerous trees, resulting in F3 damage southwest of Cavour. Homes and businesses within the town of Cavour were severely damaged (F2). Winds of 120 mph were measured by an anemometer on top of a grain elevator in Cavour.

Other notable tornado events in South Dakota

Mccook · May 30, 19986 killedOglala Lakota · June 4, 19991 killedHand · August 30, 20201 killedBeadle · August 24, 2006$15.0MKingsbury · June 24, 2003$3.0MHanson · May 30, 1998$1.0M

Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.

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