South Dakota, 2001

Lightning Strike in South Dakota, April 22, 2001

April 22, 2001 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20,000
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 22, 8:25 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 8:25 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 AM CDT SUN APR 22 2001

HAVE UPDATED FCST TO INCLUDE WATCH FURTHER SW ALONG MO RIVER. SFC
FNT FURTHER S ACRS SERN NEB AND MAY NOT MAKE IT AS FAR N AS NW IA
THIS AFTN AS PREV MODELS INDICATED. STILL FAR SER CWA STILL UNDER
GUN FOR SVR WX AS BNDRY WL BE CLOSE BY 00Z. HAVE LOWERED TEMS FOR
THIS AFTN MOST PLACES WITH THE COOL E NELY LOW LEVEL FLOW AND PRECIP.

.FSD...WINTER STORM WATCH TONIGHT FAR WRN CWA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:39 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Minnehaha

When
April 22, 9:40 AM CST
Where
Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls
Property damage
$20,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
43.674, -96.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Lightning destroyed a church steeple. The strike scattered many pieces of stone from the steeple over the ground near the church, some pieces as many as 100 feet away. Several vehicles were damaged by the stone pieces.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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

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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: 5242706.