Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 2001

Name: Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 9, 2001
Start: 2001-06-09T22:58
End: 2001-06-09T23:15
Location: South Dakota

June 9, 2001 · NWS FSD · 3 events in 1 county or zone

2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 8:20 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 8:20 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
920 PM CDT SAT JUN 9 2001

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS NOW FILLING IN FM CNTRL DKTS TO CNTRL NE AND
NOW LOOKS LIKE MOST OF CWA WILL HAVE TSTMS LKLY MOVG EWD OVR CWA
AFTER MIDN. EARLIER UPDATED WITH NEW WATCH TO UP POPS TO AT LEAST
SCT OVR CWA...BUT WILL MONITOR FOR ANOTHER UPDATE TO UNQUALIFIED
POPS. OTRW PREV FCST IN THE BALLPARK. BIG QUESTION IS HOW MUCH OF
THE TSTMS WILL REMAIN SVR AFT MIDN...AND WILL KEEP THE MENTION OF
SVR MOST SD CWA EXCPT FAR SE...BUT WDLY SCT SVR FURTHER E NOT OUT
OF QUESTION AS SHORT WAVE INTERACTS WITH LOW LVL JET AND INSTABILITY.

.FSD...NONE
RYRHOLM

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:58 UTC.

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Event by event

2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, McCook

When: June 9, 10:58 PM CST
Where: McCook County, 1 mi E of Spencer
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 43.733, -97.583

A brief tornado caused no reported damage.

Thunderstorm Wind, McCook

When: June 9, 11:00 PM CST to 11:15 PM CST
Where: McCook County, Salem
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 43.733, -97.383

Thunderstorm winds caused damage at several farms, including a barn blown down, farm equipment damaged, and widespread tree damage.

Tornado, McCook

When: June 9, 11:14 PM CST
Where: McCook County, 3 mi W of Montrose
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 43.700, -97.250

A brief tornado caused no reported damage.

What these are

Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history The tornado archive for South Dakota, 2001 Warnings in South Dakota, June 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: 5252668, 5252669, 5252670.