Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- July 7, 7:13 PM MST
- Where
- Custer County, Custer Co Arpt
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.733, -103.617
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 7, 2001
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
- 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 Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 3:40 PM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:40 PM MST, 3 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
440 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2001
WL UPDATE ZONES TO PUT SVR WATCH INTO SW SD ZONES.
.UNR...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 1:51 PM MST, 5 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
251 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0225 PM JOHNSON SIDING SD .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.Local storm report, Jul 7, 2:12 PM MST, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
312 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0305 PM KEYSTONE SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.Local storm report, Jul 7, 3:46 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
446 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....A
0630 PM 10 SW MOORCROFT WY .75 INCH HAIL
07/06/01 CROOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:02 PM MST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
702 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0600 PM ROCHELLE WY .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01 WESTON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.
0643 PM 12 NW CUSTER SD TORNADO
07/07/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jul 7, 6:50 PM MST, 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
750 PM MDT SAT JUL 07 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0641 PM CLARETON WY .75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01 WESTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0727 PM 6 W CUSTER SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/07/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY LAW
3 ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:13 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Missouri, July 7 to 10, 2001
- Heat in Missouri, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Heat in Texas, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 7, 2001
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 7, 2001
- Flash Flood in California, July 7, 2001
- Heat in Kentucky, July 7 to 9, 2001
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, July 7, 2001
- Heat in Illinois, July 7 to 9, 2001
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings 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: 5260034.