High Wind, Bon Homme
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bon Homme forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 42.988, -97.885 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, January 10, 2000
Sustained winds of over 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph persisted from early afternoon into the early evening. The winds blew down the wall of a postal annex under construction in Yankton.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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.
Sustained winds of over 30 mph with gusts to 50 mph persisted from early afternoon into the early evening. The winds blew down the wall of a postal annex under construction in Yankton.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Brule
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brule forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.718, -99.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Charles Mix
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Charles Mix forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.208, -98.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Douglas
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.387, -98.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Aurora
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Aurora forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.718, -98.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gregory
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gregory forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.192, -99.186 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hanson
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hanson forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -97.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hutchinson
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hutchinson forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.335, -97.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Yankton
- When
- January 10, 1:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Yankton forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.009, -97.395 (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
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- High Wind in Nevada, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Pennsylvania, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in New York, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in Nevada, January 10, 2000
- High Wind in West Virginia, January 10, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, January 10, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 10, 2000
- Dense Fog in Louisiana, January 10, 2000
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: 5129830, 5129831, 5129832, 5129833, 5131558, 5131806, 5131807, 5131808, 5131809.