Saturday’s severe weather in eastern South Dakota eventually spawned tornadoes in Minnesota and Iowa.
Severe thunderstorms formed across central South Dakota during the late afternoon. As these storms moved across southeastern South Dakota, they formed into a squall line and produced large hail and damaging winds. As the storms moved east of I-29, several tornadoes were produced by the storms. One EF-1 tornado went through Hadley, Minnesota and a second EF-1 tornado moved west and south of Rock Rapids, Iowa.
Additional tornadoes were reported in northern Murray County and Nobles County.
In South Dakota, a peak wind gust of 65 mph was reported in Plankinton, while 61 mph gusts were reported north of Mitchell and White Lake. Quarter sized hail was reported southeast of Wessington, south of Vayland in Hand County, and east of Highmore.
(National Weather Service)