High Wind, Beadle
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Beadle forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.415, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, April 12, 1998
South winds sustained at 40 mph for several hours with gusts to 55 mph reported caused areas of tree and power line and pole damage. The winds also extensively damaged the porch of a dairy store in Lennox and blew out a few windows in Sioux Falls.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 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
- $60,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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.
South winds sustained at 40 mph for several hours with gusts to 55 mph reported caused areas of tree and power line and pole damage. The winds also extensively damaged the porch of a dairy store in Lennox and blew out a few windows in Sioux Falls.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Brookings
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brookings forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -96.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clay
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.915, -96.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hanson
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -97.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -97.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kingsbury
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.370, -97.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lake
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -97.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.279, -96.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, McCook
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- McCook forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -97.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Miner
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Miner forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -97.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Minnehaha
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Minnehaha forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -96.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Moody
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moody forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -96.671 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sanborn
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sanborn forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -98.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Turner
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Turner forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.311, -97.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Union
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.833, -96.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Yankton
- When
- April 12, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yankton forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 43.009, -97.395 (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
- High Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- Winter Storm in Utah, April 12 to 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Minnesota, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, April 12, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, April 12, 1998
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, April 12 to 13, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, April 12 to 14, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, April 12, 1998
- High Wind in Oklahoma, April 12, 1998
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: 5636946, 5636947, 5636948, 5636949, 5636950, 5636951, 5636952, 5636953, 5636954, 5636955, 5636956, 5636957, 5636958, 5636959, 5636960, 5636961.