High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997

Name: High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
Start: 1997-11-02T10:00
End: 1997-11-02T20:00
Location: South Dakota

November 2, 1997 · NWS ABR · 26 events in 26 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 26 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 26

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 ABR wrote it up.

A strong low pressure system over the Great Lakes produced 50 to near 60 mph winds over much of northern and central South Dakota on Saturday. Half of an unsecured double wide trailer was overturned by the strong winds in Ft. Pierre. Also, high winds blew down a wall of a structure undergoing construction in Ft. Pierre. This was the same structure that was destroyed a month ago by high winds. In McLaughlin, strong winds damaged a cat walk at the McLaughlin livestock auction. Half of the 400 foot walkway was tipped over by the winds. The high winds along with six foot waves destroyed an 85 year old 40 by 75 foot dancehall located by Medicine Lake, 15 miles northwest of Watertown. In Aberdeen, brick from a top portion of an abandoned building collapsed. And there were widespread reports of tree limbs blown down.

The radar

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Event by event

26 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Buffalo

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Buffalo forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Coordinates: 44.076, -99.205 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Campbell

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Campbell forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.771, -100.052 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Corson

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Corson forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.709, -101.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Dewey

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Dewey forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.157, -100.872 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hughes

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hughes forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.389, -99.996 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Jones

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Jones forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 43.961, -100.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lyman

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Lyman forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 43.896, -99.847 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Stanley

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Stanley forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.412, -100.736 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sully

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Sully forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.716, -100.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Walworth

When: November 2, 10:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Walworth forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.430, -100.032 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Brown

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Measured: 45 kt (52 mph)
Coordinates: 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Clark

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Clark forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Edmunds

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Edmunds forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Faulk

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Faulk forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.071, -99.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hand

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hand forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.548, -99.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hyde

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Hyde forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.547, -99.487 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, McPherson

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: McPherson forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.766, -99.221 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Potter

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Potter forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.065, -99.957 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Spink

When: November 2, 11:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
Where: Spink forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Codington

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Codington forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.978, -97.189 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Day

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Day forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Deuel

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Deuel forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.760, -96.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Grant

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Grant forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.172, -96.768 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hamlin

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Hamlin forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 44.674, -97.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Marshall

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Marshall forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.759, -97.598 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Roberts

When: November 2, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
Where: Roberts forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Coordinates: 45.630, -96.946 (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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5622074, 5622075, 5622078, 5622359, 5622365, 5622367, 5622368, 5622374, 5622375, 5622376, 5622073, 5622076, 5622360, 5622361, 5622364, 5622366, 5622370, 5622371, 5622373, 5622077, 5622079, 5622080, 5622362, 5622363, 5622369, 5622372.