Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- May 15, 3:39 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County, 3 mi SE of Milbank
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 45.180, -96.580
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998
Thunderstorm winds gusting to around 80 mph bent over a highway billboard sign on south Highway 15. Also, at a farm, a chicken shed was blown apart, several large trees were snapped off or uprooted, and some utility poles were leaning over.
Where it happened
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- 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 ABR wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds gusting to around 80 mph bent over a highway billboard sign on south Highway 15. Also, at a farm, a chicken shed was blown apart, several large trees were snapped off or uprooted, and some utility poles were leaning over.
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:37 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flood in Iowa, May 15, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 15, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15 to 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 15, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 15, 1998
- High Wind in South Dakota, May 15, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 15, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5646461.