Thunderstorm Wind, Moody
- When
- June 24, 8:37 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Moody County, Colman to 4 mi E of Flandreau
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -96.870
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 24, 1998
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage in Moody County. The winds also destroyed a feed mill and a mobile home.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $300,000
- 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 FSD wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree and power line damage in Moody County. The winds also destroyed a feed mill and a mobile home.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Heat in Illinois, June 24 to 28, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, June 24, 1998
- Heat in Florida, June 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, June 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 24 to 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 24, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, June 24, 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: 5662017.