Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- July 6, 12:30 AM MST to 12:45 AM MST
- Where
- Custer County, 18 mi SW of Hermosa
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -103.430
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 1996
Several ranches along county road 16 reported wind damage. Doors were blown off a storage building.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Several ranches along county road 16 reported wind damage. Doors were blown off a storage building. Roofs suffered extensive damage from the wind. Large limbs were ripped from trees. 100 percent crop loss occurred at one ranch.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:27 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5558072.