Thunderstorm Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- July 2, 10:30 PM CST to 11:03 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix County, Academy to Lake Andes
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.450, -99.080
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 2, 1999
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread tree damage, destroyed an unoccupied trailer home south of Platte, damaged calf shelters and other farm structures. The winds also blew off a 30 foot section of a metal roof at a pork plant near Academy, and overturned campers.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- 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 damage, destroyed an unoccupied trailer home south of Platte, damaged calf shelters and other farm structures. The winds also blew off a 30 foot section of a metal roof at a pork plant near Academy, and overturned campers.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1999
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5711973.