High Wind, Kingsbury
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, May 24, 1996
Strong east winds produced by a large area of showers and thunderstorms blew down numerous trees, destroyed a pole barn just west of Ward, and blew down a hay shed near White.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 11 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 FSD wrote it up.
Strong east winds produced by a large area of showers and thunderstorms blew down numerous trees, destroyed a pole barn just west of Ward, and blew down a hay shed near White.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
11 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Brookings
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brookings forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -96.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sanborn
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sanborn forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -98.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Miner
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Miner forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -97.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lake
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -97.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Moody
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Moody forecast zone
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -96.671 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Aurora
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Aurora forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.718, -98.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Davison
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Davison forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -98.146 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hanson
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hanson forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -97.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McCook
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- McCook forecast zone
- Measured
- 45 kt (52 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -97.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- May 24, 5:30 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -96.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 24, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, May 24, 1996
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, May 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5555780, 5555781, 5555782, 5555783, 5555784, 5555785, 5555786, 5555787, 5555788, 5555789, 5555790.