Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 14, 2001

Name: Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 14, 2001
Start: 2001-07-14T16:50
End: 2001-07-14T18:25
Location: South Dakota

July 14, 2001 · NWS ABR · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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.

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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 14, 3:25 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 3:25 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
425 PM CDT SAT JUL 14 2001

MAIN FCST CHALLENGE IS BOUNDARY THAT HAS SAGGED A BIT FURTHER SOUTH
AND EAST DURING DAY. DWPTS CONT TO POOL NICELY ALONG FEATURE...AND
APPROACHING 7H VORT SHOULD ENSURE THAT CONVECTION CURRENTLY FIRING
ACROSS WRN CWA WILL REMAIN THROUGH EVENING. BIG CONCERN IS HOW FAR
EAST TSRA WILL PUSH. LATEST RUC...AS WELL AS AVN AND 18Z MESO-ETA
SHOWS TROUGH/BOUNDARY RETREATING BACK TO THE WEST OVERNIGHT...AND
LOSING A BIT OF ITS IDENTITY. 18Z RUC SHOWS THAT NVA REMAINS OVER
ERN CWA THROUGH NIGHT. ALSO OF NOTE...WINDS ACROSS ERN CWA ARE MORE
SWRLY INSTEAD OF SOUTH OR SOUTHEASTERLY...SO REAL HIGH DWPT AIR NOT
BEING PUSHED INTO CURRENT LINE OF TSRA. 8H JET GETS GOING TONIGHT
THAT WILL HELP WITH FORCING...AND LACK OF CAP WILL ENSURE THAT
ANYTHING THAT GETS GOING SHOULD STAY. WITH HIGH DWPTS ACRSS
EAST...LOWS SHOULD STAY UP TONIGHT.

FOR SUNDAY...PROBLEM DEALS WITH TROUGH SLIDING THROUGH. EVEN THO THE
ETA APPEARED TO INIT THE LEAD VORT SLIDING THROUGH TONIGHT...IT
HANDLED POORLY THE STRONGER VORT EJECTING OUT OF 4 CORNERS
NOW...WITH THE AVN DOING MUCH BETTER. 7H AND 5H TROFS PUSH INTO CWA
DURING DAY...BUT OMEGA FIELDS NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE. 7H TEMPS WARM
WITH PASSAGE OF VORT TONIGHT. AVN KEEPS BOUNDARY TO OUR WEST...WHILE
THE ETA PUSHES FEATURE THROUGH DURING DAY. AM MORE INCLINED TO
FOLLOW AVN SOLN WITH ITS BETTER INIT OF VORT MAX. SFC LOW FORMS ON
SRN END OF TROUGH LATE IN THE DAY AND BEGINS TO EJECT TO THE EAST.
TSRA MAY FIRE LATER IN THE EVENING AS TROFS APPROACH.

FOR MONDAY...RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD BACK INTO REGION WITH LAYERS
WARMING NICELY. PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS AROUND TO ENSURE
PCLOUDY/PSUNNY CONDS.

FOR EXTENDED...DECENT WARMUP IN STORE THROUGH FIRST PART OF
FORECAST...AS RIDGE REBOUNDS NICELY AND LAYERS WARM. NO WELL DEFINED
WAVE SLIDING THROUGH AND WARM FRONT REMAINS WELL TO OUR NORTH. RIDGE
BEGINS TO FLATTEN ON THURSDAY AS STRONG 5H WRN LOW BEGINS TO EJECT
OVER RIDGE. SFC LOW FORMS ACROSS THE WEST WITH COLD FRONT TRAILING
SOUTH AND WEST. AS LOW MOVES TO THE EAST...INVERTED TROF TAKES SHAPE
ACROSS CWA LATER ON THURSDAY AND CONTS INTO FRIDAY. TROF PUSHES EAST
OF CWA ON SATURDAY...BUT STILL APPEARS THAT OVERRUNNING STRATIFORM
TYPE PCPN WILL LINGER INTO SATURDAY.

.ABR...SVR TSTORM WATCH FOR KMBG AND KPIR TIL 02Z.
       SVR TSTORM WATCH FOR KABR AND KATY TIL 03Z.

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Event by event

5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hughes

When: July 14, 4:50 PM CST
Where: Hughes County, Pierre
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 44.367, -100.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell

When: July 14, 4:55 PM CST
Where: Campbell County, 13 mi E of Mound City
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 45.717, -99.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Edmunds

When: July 14, 5:31 PM CST
Where: Edmunds County, Hosmer
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.567, -99.483

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When: July 14, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Faulk County, 8 mi SE of Seneca
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 44.983, -99.400

Thunderstorm Wind, Faulk

When: July 14, 6:25 PM CST
Where: Faulk County, 3 mi N of Cresbard
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 45.217, -98.967

Winds to 65 mph brought down several trees north of Cresbard.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 2001

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: 5261377, 5261376, 5261378, 5261379, 5261380.