Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- June 9, 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson County, Wanblee
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $383,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 43.567, -101.667
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
A microburst from a thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Wanblee. Nine homes were destroyed.
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
- 2
- Property damage
- $383,000
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A microburst from a thunderstorm produced damaging winds in Wanblee. Nine homes were destroyed. The roofs of seven homes were blown off with major damage to structural walls in other homes. Two persons were treated for injuries at a hospital. One injury (direct) occurred when a door hit a woman during the storm. The cause and extent of the injury to the other person is not known.
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 Jun 9, 6:00 PM MST, 0 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 6:00 PM MST, 0 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
700 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2001
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE NEW SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TODD/
TRIPP AND MELLETTE COUNTIES AND WL CLEAN REST OF ZONES UP ABIT.
.UNR...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR NE WY AND WRN SD.
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2AM CDT FOR SCENT SOUTH
DAKOTA.In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:20 PM MST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
520 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0506 PM 4 SW RAPID CITY SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
0507 PM 3 SW RAPID CITY SD 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0509 PM 4 SW RAPID CITY SD 1 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
OPERATOR.
0510 PM 3 SW RAPID CITY SD 2.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
NWS EMPLOYEE.
0513 PM 4 SE RAPID CITY SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:11 PM MST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
611 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM 1 S NEWCASTLE WY MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 WESTON CAMPER FLIPPED OVER.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0452 PM NEWCASTLE WY MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 WESTON FRONT OF FORREST
SERVICE SHOP BUILDING
BLOWN OFF. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0452 PM NEWCASTLE WY MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 WESTON POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0452 PM NEWCASTLE WY MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 WESTON 5 VEHICLES SUFFERED
MAJOR DAMAGE FROM FRONT
OF FORREST SERVICE
BUILDING. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0500 PM NEWCASTLE WY MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 WESTON CHIMNEY BLOW OFF
BUILDING...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT AND LARGE
TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0549 PM RAPID CITY ARPT SD 69 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 PENNINGTON RECORDED BY ASOS
0530 PM RAPID CITY ARPT SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED BY TOWER
0550 PM 1 SE BLACK HAWK SD MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 MEADE TRACTOR TRAIL BLOW OFF
INTERSTATE. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
0550 PM RAPID CITY SD .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01 PENNINGTON REPORTED AT RAPID CITY
' WFO
0611 PM HERMOSA SD 75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:27 PM MST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
627 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0550 PM 1 SE BLACK HAWK SD WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01 MEADE TRACTOR TRAIL BLOW OFF
INTERSTATE. REPORTED BY
HAM RADIO OPERATOR.
@ RUKWBCe
KDENWWUS30 KRAP 100028
LSRRAP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM 1 S NEWCASTLE WY WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01 WESTON CAMPER FLIPPED OVER.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
@ RUKWBCe
KDENWWUS30 KRAP 100028
LSRRAP
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0452 PM NEWCASTLE WY WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01 WESTON POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:28 PM MST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0452 PM NEWCASTLE WY WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01 WESTON POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEME2NT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:29 PM MST, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
629 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0500 PM NEWCASTLE WY WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01 WESTON CHIMNEY BLOW OFF
BUILDING...WINDOWS
BLOWN OUT AND LARGE
TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:30 PM MST, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
630 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0452 PM NEWCASTLE WY WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01 WESTON 5 VEHICLES SUFFERED
MAJOR DAMAGE FROM FRONT
OF FORREST SERVICE
BUILDING. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:59 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
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- Hail in North Dakota, June 9, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
- Tornado in North Dakota, June 9, 2001
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254039.