Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 2000

Name: Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 15, 2000
Start: 2000-07-15T00:40
End: 2000-07-15T00:40
Location: South Dakota

July 15, 2000 · NWS ABR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Open the live radar over this ground

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Walworth

When: July 15, 12:40 AM CST
Where: Walworth County, 10 mi SW of Selby
Measured: 71 kt (82 mph)
Reported by: NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates: 45.400, -100.183

High winds destroyed a 160' by 50' machine shed causing some damage to a tractor loader. Boards went through the window of the garage with one going through the door. An empty grain bin was blown over onto a grain cart, both were damaged. The house and other buildings sustained some shingle damage. A pole barn was also blown apart.

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 5162996.