High Wind, Northern Foot Hills
- When
- March 16, 3:00 PM MST to 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Northern Foot Hills forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.359, -103.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, March 16, 1999
A surface low pressure system moving along the North and South Dakota border brought a strong cold front across the region. Winds briefly picked up behind the front with gusts to 72 mph.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 surface low pressure system moving along the North and South Dakota border brought a strong cold front across the region. Winds briefly picked up behind the front with gusts to 72 mph. Two three hundred pound water tanks were blown across Highway 85 bear Belle Fourche, SD, but no major damage was reported with this frontal passage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Harding
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Perkins
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Butte
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Meade Co. Plains
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Meade Co. Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Central Foot Hills
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Central Foot Hills forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pennington Plains
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Custer Plains
- When
- March 16, 4:00 PM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Custer Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- March 16, 5:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Ziebach
- When
- March 16, 6:00 PM MST to 7:00 PM MST
- Where
- Ziebach forecast zone
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tripp
- When
- March 16, 6:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- March 16, 6:00 PM MST to 8:00 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (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
- Blizzard and Ice Storm in Alaska, March 16 to 19, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in Maine, March 16, 1999
- Strong Wind in North Carolina, March 16, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, March 16 to 17, 1999
- Dust Devil in Florida, March 16, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, March 16, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 16, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 16, 1999
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 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: 5687349, 5687344, 5687345, 5687346, 5687347, 5687350, 5687351, 5687352, 5687353, 5687348, 5687354, 5687355.