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24 May 1979 → Eastern Germany was swept by a major tornado outbreak, including an F4 that hit near Brandenburg.
24 May 1981 → An intense storm dropped ten inches of rain in four hours and produced catastrophic flooding in Austin, TX, resulting in 13 fatalities and $35 million in damage.
24 May 1990 → In Barton County, KS a 100 yard wide F3 tornado blew 88 rail cars off the tracks and stacked them 3 and 4 high. One survivor was sucked out of her truck said she was "airborne, trying to run but my feet would not touch the ground!"

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July 28, 1986:

Very intense thunderstorms developed in South Dakota and Nebraska and moved into Iowa. The first of these storms produced a tornado that crossed into Iowa south of Sioux City and slammed into a coal-burning power plant. This tornado caused between 25 and 50 million dollars damage to the plant. The tornado continued across farmland, then damaged a store and flattened a motel in Sloan before lifting up.


Record Highs: Record Lows:
Aberdeen: 109 (1975) Aberdeen: 44 (1981)
Kennebec: 117 (1933) Kennebec: 42 (1971)
Mobridge: 111 (2006) Mobridge: 43 (1915)
Pierre: 111 (2006) Pierre: 46 (1971)
Sisseton: 105 (1975) Sisseton: 44 (1904)
Timber Lake: 108 (2006) Timber Lake: 40 (1971)
Watertown: 105 (1933) Watertown: 41 (1928)
Wheaton: 108 (1917) Wheaton: 45 (1925)

Record Precipitation:
Aberdeen: 1.35" (1955)
Kennebec: 0.83" (2004)
Mobridge: 0.58" (2002)
Pierre: 0.80" (1986)
Sisseton: 1.60" (1942)
Timber Lake: 1.20" (1983)
Watertown: 2.45" (1953)
Wheaton: 1.28" (1918)

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