South Dakota, 2002

Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 23, 2002

August 23, 2002 · NWS UNR · 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.

  • Tornadoes
  • 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 Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 23, 7:45 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 7:45 PM MST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
845 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2002

MASSIVE LINE OF CONVECTION ARCING FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
SOUTHEASTWARD TO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE TONIGHT.  EMBEDDED STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS
MUCH OF NERN WYOMING AND WRN SOUTH DAKOTA.  PER AFTN DISCUSSION
FORCING MECHANISMS AHEAD OF THE NWRN U.S. UPPER LOW ARE LIKELY TO BE
AROUND AT LEAST THROUGH SATURDAY WARRANTING HIGH POPS AND A
CONTINUATION OF THE FLOOD WATCH FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY.

FOR THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT...CONVECTION IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO
DRIFT ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE
PCPN...AND OCCASIONAL HEAVIER EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS.  WILL UPDATE
WORDING IN ZONES...BUT NO SIGNIFANCT CHANGES TO CURRENT TRENDS.

.UNR...FLOOD WATCH THRU SAT EVE FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY.

CARPENTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 23, 9:19 PM MST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1019 PM MDT FRI AUG 23 2002

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

0500 PM    4 W SCENIC                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/02   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0600 PM    11 N PORCUPINE            SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/02   SHANNON                        REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0615 PM    9 SW KYLE                 SD   70-80 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/02   SHANNON                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0630 PM    5 N KYLE                  SD   67 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/02   SHANNON                        LAND MANAGEMENT
                                          AUTOMATED OBSERVATION                                                STATION                                                              TIME APPROXIMATE

0645 PM    12 W WRIGHT               WY   1 INCH HAIL
08/23/02   CAMPBELL                       REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0733 PM    (GCC)GILLETTE ARPT        WY   59 MPH TSTM GUST
08/23/02   CAMPBELL                       AUTOMATED WEATHER
                                          STATION AT AIRPORT

0740 PM    10 SW RAPID CITY          SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/23/02   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEES FROM NEAR
                                          ROCKERVILLE...9SW RAPID
                                          CITY...TO SHERIDAN LAKE
                                          ROAD...5SW RAPID CITY.
                                          EVENT DURATION 8 MINUTES.

0810 PM    7 S ENNING                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0830 PM    RED OWL                   SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:42 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tripp

When
August 23, 10:40 PM MST
Where
Tripp County, Wewela
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.017, -99.783

Four inch diameter tree limbs were blown 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: 5310801.