South Dakota, 2002

Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 8, 2002

August 8, 2002 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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

Where it happened

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  • 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 8, 12:55 PM MST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 12:55 PM MST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
155 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ENTIRE AREA EXCEPT CAMPBELL COUNTY
WYOMING THIS EVENING...
VIGOROUS PACIFIC SHORT WAVE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE INTENSE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AS
IT MOVES OUT OF SOUTHERN MONTANA INTO NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA. FORECAST HODOGRAPHS INDICATE A PREFERENCE FOR LINEAR
ORGANIZATION...STRONG WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE WINDS ARE OF
PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR NWRN SD...N AND NE OF THE BLACK HILLS...SINCE
THE SHORT WAVE WILL CONTRIBUTE 50+ MPH WIND SPEEDS TO THE MID LEVELS
OF THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS WRN SD BY MIDNIGHT.  SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS AT UNR.

ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE TO LATER PERIODS OF THE PACKAGE. A
SOMEWHAT UNSTABLE NW FLOW WILL KEEP THE WEATHER MODERATELY ACTIVE
THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK...THEN LARGE SCALE SUBSIDENCE AND DRY
AIR WILL PROVIDE A RESPITE FROM MIDDAY SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
SUMMERTIME HEATING AND A WEAK MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE WILL PRODUCE SOME
WEATHER MON AND TUE...WITH FAIR SKIES DOMINATING WED AND THU.

.UNR...NONE.

CARPENTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 8, 4:37 PM MST, 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
537 PM MDT THU AUG 08 2002

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

0246 PM    4 E UPTON                 WY   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02   WESTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0315 PM    10 N REVA                 SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   HARDING                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0340 PM    12 NW PRAIRIE CITY        SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   PERKINS                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0412 PM    DEADWOOD                  SD   FLOOD
08/08/02   LAWRENCE                       MUDSLIDES REPORTED IN
                                          DEADWOOD. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0415 PM    5 S WHITEWOOD             SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   LAWRENCE                       REPORTED BY OFF-DUTY
                                          NWS EMPLOYEE.

0423 PM    20 NW BELLE FOURCHE       SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02   BUTTE                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0430 PM    RAPID CITY                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0436 PM    TILFORD                   SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0439 PM    HERMOSA                   SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0439 PM    PIEDMONT                  SD   2 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0439 PM    2 NW PIEDMONT             SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/08/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0455 PM    1 S NEW UNDERWOOD         SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0527 PM    3 ESE ELM SPGS            SD   70 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/02   MEADE                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington

When
August 8, 4:39 PM MST
Where
Pennington County, Wall
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
44.000, -102.233

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: 5310630.