The largest tornado on record for South Dakota appears to be an F3 tornado that occurred on June 20, 1968 near Alexandria. It was a mile and a half wide.
Tornado Alley did not "hit" South Dakota because it is not an event. It is a place that some include South Dakota as a part of.
It depends on which tornado you are referring to. South Dakota has had many tornadoes. Most have not been killers but some have been. So far in 2010, however, the have been no tornado fatalities in South Dakota.
Yes. South Dakota is actually in Tornado Alley.
Yes, South Dakota is considered to be part of Tornado Alley, a region in the central United States known for frequent tornado activity due to the collision of warm, moist air from the Gulf of Mexico with cool, dry air from Canada. Tornadoes are not as common in South Dakota as they are in states like Oklahoma and Texas, but the state still experiences its fair share of severe weather.
The tornado that hit Manchester, South Dakota was rated as an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. It had estimated wind speeds ranging from 111 to 135 mph and caused damage to several structures in the area.
The biggest mall in South Dakota was stolen in thunder in the past and now its gone so too bad!!!!!!!!!!!!
The cost of damage from the Manchester, South Dakota tornado of 2003 was $3 million.
Yes, South Dakota is part of a region called Tornado alley, which gets more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world. Even outside Tornado Alley tornadoes have been recorded in all 50 states.
It would be tornado alley in St. Helena,South Carolina in the USA
Northern Texas is part of tornado alley. But this region actually extends as far north as South Dakota.
There is no set agreement on the extent of Tornado Alley, but it is generally considered to include Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Iowa as well as small portions of Colorado and Missouri.
Tornado Alley is a region in the United States that is known for having a high frequency of tornadoes. It typically includes parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota, but can vary depending on the definition used.