High Wind, Harding
- When
- January 4, 12:39 PM MST to 5:39 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 47 kt (54 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, January 4, 2001
A high wind event produced sustained wind speeds of 40 to 47 mph over northwestern South Dakota for several hours during the afternoon. A gust to 58 mph was measured at the Faith ASOS in Meade county.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 high wind event produced sustained wind speeds of 40 to 47 mph over northwestern South Dakota for several hours during the afternoon. A gust to 58 mph was measured at the Faith ASOS in Meade county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Meade Co. Plains
- When
- January 4, 12:47 PM MST to 5:39 PM MST
- Where
- Meade Co. Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 58 kt (67 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Haakon
- When
- January 4, 2:11 PM MST to 5:39 PM MST
- Where
- Haakon forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pennington Plains
- When
- January 4, 2:14 PM MST to 5:39 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 43 kt (49 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (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.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228199, 5228200, 5228202, 5228201.