High Wind, Harding
- When
- February 14, 12:50 PM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, February 14, 2002
Strong winds developed in the early afternoon hours. Winds were generally sustained around 45 mph with occasional gusts to around 65 mph.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Strong winds developed in the early afternoon hours. Winds were generally sustained around 45 mph with occasional gusts to around 65 mph.
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 Feb 14, 10:08 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 10:08 AM MST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1008 AM MST THU FEB 14 2002
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS REVEALS VERY TIGHT PRESS GRAD OVER CWFA. 12Z
SOUNDING SHOWS STRONG LOW LEVEL WINDS. SFC WINDS HAVE BEEN
INCREASING THROUGH THE MORNING AND HAVE BEGUN TO REACH ADVY
CRITERIA. KUDX INDC --SN OVER NRN BLACK HILLS.
CURRENT FORECAST LOOKING VERY GOOD. HAVE UPDATED TO CLEAN UP MORNING
AND BECOMING WORDING. HAVE UPDATED NPW AS ADVY WINDS ARE NOW BEING
OBSERVED.
.UNR...WIND ADVISORY FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...
GENERALLY NORTH OF I-90.
99The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pennington Plains / E Pennington
- When
- February 14, 1:00 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Plains / E Pennington forecast zone
- Measured
- 39 kt (45 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Meade Co. Plains / Except X Sw Meade
- When
- February 14, 1:06 PM MST
- Where
- Meade Co. Plains / Except X Sw Meade forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Tripp
- When
- February 14, 2:00 PM MST
- Where
- Tripp forecast zone
- Measured
- 37 kt (43 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
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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: 5280562, 5280564, 5280563, 5280565.