Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- June 14, 7:00 PM MST to 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, Rapid City Arpt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -103.050
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 14, 1996
Squall persisting over 10 minutes with gusts to 58 mph.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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.
Squall persisting over 10 minutes with gusts to 58 mph.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 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
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 14, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in South Dakota, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 14, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 14, 1996
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 1996
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: 5551703.