Thunderstorm Wind, Kingsbury
- When
- July 11, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County, 4 mi N of Lake Preston
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.417, -97.367
Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 11, 2000
2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 5
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.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:55 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 11, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County, 4 mi N of Lake Preston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.417, -97.367
Tornado, Kingsbury
- When
- July 11, 4:16 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County, 3 mi W of Arlington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.367, -97.200
A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
Tornado, Kingsbury
- When
- July 11, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County, 3 mi W of Arlington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.367, -97.200
A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
Hail, Kingsbury
- When
- July 11, 4:44 PM CST
- Where
- Kingsbury County, 4 mi N of Arlington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 44.417, -97.133
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for South Dakota, 2000Warnings in South Dakota, July 2000
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: 5173881, 5173882, 5173883, 5173884, 5173885.