High Wind, Northern Foot Hills
- When
- February 7, 10:00 PM MST to 10:30 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Foot Hills forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 44.359, -103.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, February 7, 1999
A cold front moving through the region channeled strong winds through the northern foothills. Strong winds lifted a 150 by 20 foot metal building off of its slab, up into the air and dropped it back to the ground.
Where it happened
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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 UNR wrote it up.
A cold front moving through the region channeled strong winds through the northern foothills. Strong winds lifted a 150 by 20 foot metal building off of its slab, up into the air and dropped it back to the ground. The building was home to more then 100 animals, from llamas to pigs to miniature ponies and chickens. Although some of the chickens were killed, the majority of the animals were unharmed. Surrounding observation sites reported winds gusts to 50 mph as the cold front moved through.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in California, February 7 to 9, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Strong Wind in Illinois, February 7, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, February 7 to 16, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Rip Current in Guam, February 7, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- High Wind in Kentucky, February 7, 1999
- Dense Fog in Florida, February 7, 1999
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, February 1999
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: 5682432.