What the record says
On 18 June 2014, a tornado touched down near Lane, South Dakota. The Storm Prediction Center records its path as 11.5 miles long and up to 880 yards wide, rated EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. It injured 2 people.
- EF4Enhanced Fujita rating
- 0deaths
- 2injuries
- 11.5 mipath length
- 880 ydmaximum width
It has its own page because it was rated 4 or 5.
This page gives the official record's figures. Numbers of deaths and injuries are sometimes revised after a survey, and they cannot convey what the day was like for the people who lived through it.
Counties it crossed
The start point was at 44.04, -98.40 and the end point at 44.20, -98.40 (latitude, longitude).
How to read this path
The Storm Prediction Center records most tornadoes as a straight line from the point where they touched down to the point where they lifted. The real path usually curved and was not the same width all the way along. The width given is the widest part. Older records are less precise, and the record starts in 1950.
Source: the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database, public domain.
Other notable tornadoes in South Dakota
- Farmer, South Dakota tornado30 May 1998, F4, 6 deaths, 150 injuries, 14 miles long
- Venturia, North Dakota tornado31 July 1966, F3, 2 deaths, 4 injuries, 26.4 miles long
- Irene, South Dakota tornado7 June 1965, F4, 1 death, 7.8 miles long
- Groton, South Dakota tornado21 June 1961, F3, 1 death, 7 injuries, 156.3 miles long
- Warner, South Dakota tornado1 July 1973, F3, 1 death, 3 injuries, 0.3 miles long
- Burton, Nebraska tornado8 May 1965, F5, 1 injury, 30.1 miles long
Other notable tornadoes of 2014
- Maumelle, Arkansas tornado27 April 2014, EF4, 16 deaths, 193 injuries, 41.1 miles long
- Carthage, Mississippi tornado28 April 2014, EF4, 10 deaths, 84 injuries, 33.4 miles long
- Munnsville, New York tornado8 July 2014, EF2, 4 deaths, 2.5 miles long
- Columbia, Mississippi tornado23 December 2014, EF3, 3 deaths, 50 injuries, 12.5 miles long
- Fayetteville, Tennessee tornado28 April 2014, EF3, 2 deaths, 26.8 miles long
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