1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 6:01 PM MST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
215 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2001
HAVE UPDATED ZONES TO INCLUDE NEW SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR TODD/A
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.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.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.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.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.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.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 Rapid City radar (KUDX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A law enforcement officer estimated a 75 mph wind gust at 605 pm and an 80 mph gust 10 minutes later.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2001
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: 5254042.