Tornado record · Original Fujita scale
F3 tornado, Hand County, South Dakota, August 24, 2006
RatingF3
Deaths0
Injuries2
Length24.5 mi
Width500 yd
Path
Drawn as a straight line from the recorded start point (44.43, -98.78) to the end point (44.32, -98.27), which is all NOAA's record holds. The real track may have curved.
The record
- Date
- August 24, 2006, 5:28 PM (as recorded, Central Standard Time)
- Rating
- F3
- States
- South Dakota
- Counties
- Hand County, Beadle County
- Path
- 24.5 miles long, up to 500 yards wide
- Casualties
- 0 deaths, 2 injuries
Other tornadoes on August 24, 2006
| Date | Rating | State | Path length | Width | Deaths | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 2006 | F3 | South Dakota | 14 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 1 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F3 | Minnesota | 33 mi | 880 yd | 1 | 37 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F2 | North Dakota | 2 mi | 90 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F2 | South Dakota | 5 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F2 | South Dakota | 7 mi | 300 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F1 | South Dakota | 5 mi | 600 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | North Dakota | 0.8 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | Florida | 0.3 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | North Dakota | 1 mi | 40 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | Minnesota | 0.5 mi | 30 yd | 0 | 2 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.5 mi | 20 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 24, 2006 | F0 | South Dakota | 0.1 mi | 50 yd | 0 | 0 |
Tornado history nearby
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.