High Wind, Meade Co. Plains
- When
- September 25, 3:50 PM MST to 4:58 PM MST
- Where
- Meade Co. Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, September 25, 1999
A strong cold front swept through the region. Winds gusted over 50 kts for 15 to 30 minutes before decreasing again.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 strong cold front swept through the region. Winds gusted over 50 kts for 15 to 30 minutes before decreasing again.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- September 25, 4:58 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 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
- High Wind in Oregon, September 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in New York, September 25, 1999
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in Washington, September 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 25, 1999
- Flash Flood and Flood in Florida, September 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Idaho, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in Idaho, September 25, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, September 25, 1999
- Wildfire in Oregon, September 25 to 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 25, 1999
- High Wind in Montana, September 25, 1999
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, September 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: 5716795, 5716796.