South Dakota, 2002

Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 11, 2002

August 11, 2002 · NWS ABR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 11, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:30 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/N-EAST SD AND W-CENTRAL MN
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
230 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS THE CHANCE FOR CONVECTION TONIGHT. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS ALREADY BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE CWA AS
STORMS HAD BEGUN TO FIRE ALONG THE COLD FRONT JUST PUSHING INTO THE
FAR NORTHWESTERN PART OF THE CWA. 18Z SOUNDING DATA FROM KABR
INDICATED THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CONTINUING TO RAPIDLY DESTABILIZE
DURING THE DAY WITH LIS NOW AROUND -9 AND CAPES APPROACHING 3600
J/KG. EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE ALONG THE FRONT AS IT PUSHES
THROUGH THE REST OF THE CWA THIS EVENING...SO WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS
GOING ALL AREAS. THE FRONT LOOKS TO BE OUT OF THE STATE BY 12Z
MONDAY...WITH HIGH PRESSURE THEN NOSING INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE
WEST. MAY SEE A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE FAR EASTERN CWA MONDAY
MORNING WITH THE FRONT STILL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY...BUT THE REST OF
THE CWA WILL BE DRY BY THEN. AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL REMAIN OVER
THE PLAINS INTO TUESDAY...BUT WITH HIGH PRESSURE MOVING IN AT THE
SURFACE AND REMAINING OVER THE PLAINS...DO NOT EXPECT ANY
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PERIOD. WILL SEE A SHIFT
BACK TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES BEGINNING MONDAY...AS H85 TEMPS
FALL FROM THE LOWER 20S BACK INTO THE 10 TO 15 DEGREE RANGE. EXPECT
MAINLY 70S IN THE EAST...WITH SOME LOWER 80S POSSIBLE IN THE WEST.

.EXTENDED DISCUSSION...
EXTENDED PORTIONS OF 00Z AVN SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT WITH EVOLUTION OF
LONGWAVE PATTERN THROUGH THE EXTENDED THAN ENSEMBLES TODAY. WHILE
EXTENDED AVN SHOWS A DEEPENING TROF BY SATURDAY DROPPING INTO THE
NORTHERN PLAINS AS RIDGE BUILDS BOTH EAST AND WEST...ENSEMBLES...AND
TO A LESSER DEGREE UKMET AND ECMWF...SHOW MORE OF A ZONAL PATTERN
DEVELOPING OVER THE NRN PLAINS BY EARLY FRIDAY AND HOLDING THROUGH
SUNDAY AS THE BEST TROFFING REMAINS JUST OFFSHORE OF THE WEST COAST.
WITH ENSEMBLES SHOWING GOOD AGREEMENT...ONLY SMALL SPREAD ERRORS
WITHIN THE RUNS...WILL EDGE CLOSER TO THAT SOLUTION. SOME
INDICATIONS OF LOW POPS BY LATE SATURDAY AND EARLY SUNDAY WITH A SFC
BOUNDARY DEVELOPING WEST OF THE CWA AND SLIDING EAST. BUT THAT FAR
OUT TIMING LIKELY TO BE A BIG PROBLEM SO WILL LEAVE OUT FOR NOW WITH
JUST AN INCREASE IN CLOUDS MENTIONED. TEMPS WILL BE COOLER THAN
NORMAL EARLY IN THE EXTENDED AS REGION REMAINS UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF UPPER TROF LIFTING OUT INTO THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. THEN AS MORE
ZONAL FLOW DEVELOPS WILL SEE A RETURN TO MORE AVERAGE TEMPS FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED.

.ABR...NONE.

PARKIN/FAUCETTE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 2:57 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
357 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0352 PM    6 W TIMBER LAKE           SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   DEWEY

MLF
Local storm report, Aug 11, 3:33 PM CST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
433 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0330 PM    18 W LITTLE EAGLE         SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   CORSON

0410 PM    TIMBER LAKE               SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   DEWEY

MLF
Local storm report, Aug 11, 5:08 PM CST, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
608 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0520 PM    11 SW LAPLANT             SD   60-70 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/11/02   DEWEY

0548 PM    SPRING CREEK REC AREA     SD   70 MPH TSTORM WIND
08/11/02   HUGHES

0548 PM    SPRING CREEK REC AREA     SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   HUGHES
Local storm report, Aug 11, 5:29 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
629 PM CDT SUN AUG 11 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    13 SE MISSION RIDGE       SD   60 MPH WIND GUST
08/11/02   STANLEY

0616 PM    BLUNT                     SD   85 MPH WIND GUST
08/11/02   HUGHES

0614 PM    PIERRE                    SD   61 MPH WIND GUST
08/11/02   HUGHES

0553 PM    4  SE OKOBOJO             SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
08/11/02   SULLY

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:49 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hand

When
August 11, 6:50 PM CST
Where
Hand County, 8 mi SW of Miller
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
44.433, -99.083

Sixty mph winds brought several large tree branches down.

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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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: 5315891.