Thunderstorm Wind, Oglala Lakota
- When
- June 9, 5:50 PM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 4 mi NE of Porcupine
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.267, -102.283
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
A RAWS measured a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Time is estimated.
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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A RAWS measured a 65 mph thunderstorm wind gust. Time is estimated.
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, 1:15 PM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:15 PM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 215 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2001 ACTIVE PERIOD TONIGHT AS SFC TROF AND A COUPLE OF WAVES WL PASS THRU CWA IN A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. MOD RISK OVR CWA...ONLY QUESTION IS WL AREAS IN THE S BREAK THE CAP AND GET SVR STORMS TO FIRE. TO THE N...TSMS ALREADY SHOWING UP IN NE WY AND SE MT. SE WINDS HAVE INCREASED AT THE SFC AND WITH H50 WINDS FCST TO INCRS TO 55KT...VERY FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILE. OTHERWISE...TEMPS TNGT LK SIMILAR TO LAST NIGHT. TMRW...LOW REDEVELOPS OVR ERN WY BRINGING BACK SE WINDS ACRS CWA. ANOTHER WARM DAY...SIMILAR TO TDY. WL NOT BE AS UNSTABLE...BUT A FEW TSMS SHLD DVLP OVR NE WY AND FAR WRN SD IN THE AFTN AHEAD OF A WAVE THAT WL MOV THRU NRN WY. WAVE SHOWS UP AT H70 AS WELL. LKS LIKE BEST CHC FOR PRECIP THOUGH WL BE AFT 00Z AS LO MOVES THRU SD WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FNT. BEST LIFT AND MOISTURE PROGGED TO BE IN NORTHERN AREAS...BUT S WL LIKELY SEE SOME WDLY SCT TSMS AS WELL. MON SHLD BE QUIET AS HIGH BUILDS IN FM ERN MT. TEMPS WL BE ABT 10-15 DEG COOLER BEHIND THE FRONT. ANOTHER WAVE IS FCST TO MOV ACRS SRN CWA AND POSSIBLY BRING SOME SCT TSMS TO THIS AREA. LOWS MON NIGHT WL BE COOL WITH READINGS MAINLY IN THE MID TO UPR 40S. IN THE EXTENDED...STRONG LOW WILL BRING MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION FOR WED AND THU AND A GD CHANCE FOR SHWRS. HIGHS WL LIKELY BE AT LEAST 10 TO 15 DEG BELOW NORMAL WITH SOME LOWS IN THE BLACK HILLS POSSIBLY GETTING DOWN TO NEAR FREEZING. TEMPS WL START TO REBOUND AGAIN FOR THE END OF THE WEEK AS ANOTHER RIDGE BUILDS OFF TO THE W. .UNR...TORgNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR NE WY AND WRN SD. JMG
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 4:20 PM MST, 1 hour 30 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, 39 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, 23 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, 22 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, 21 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, 20 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), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:49 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
- Hail in North Dakota, June 9, 2001
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- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
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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
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: 5254041.