South Dakota, 2002

Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 29, 2002

June 29, 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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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 Jun 29, 1:55 PM MST, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:55 PM MST, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY
255 PM MDT SAT JUN 29 2002

MAIN PROBS TONIGHT WL BE DRY LIGHTNING IN TSTMS AND STRONG NW WNDS
BEHING CDFNT NOW IN CENT MONTANA. MAIN AREA OF TSTMS SHLD REMAIN
NORTH OF FA...THO SOUTHERN END MY CLIP PARTS OF HARDING AND PERKINS
COUNTIES. SVR THREAT AGAIN WL BE WITH DAMAGING WINDS.

EXPECT WINDS TO PICK UP IN NW SD ARD 900 PM AND ON THE PLAINS BY
MIDNIGHT BEHIND CDFNT. AT THIS TIME WL GO WITH ADVISORY...25 TO 35
MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS SHLD LAST 4-6 HRS WITH WINDS
DIMINISHING BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY SUN AM.

SUNDAY WL BE MUCH COOLER...HIGHS MOSTLY IN 80S...BUT CONT DRY WITH
LOW RHS. ANOTHER S/W WL MV N OF FA MON NIGHT...WITH THERMAL RIDGE
OVR AREA WL LIKELY BE ANOTHER WARM NIGHT. BEHIND THIS S/W...TEMPS
SHLD BE NEAR SEASONABLE ON MON/TUE WITH AN ISOLD TSTM POSS IN
AFT/EVN.

ISOLATED STORMS WITH DRY LIGHTNING AHEAD OF CDFNT...STG NW WINDS
BEHIND CDFNT WILL BLOW FOR 3-6 HRS. ALONG WITH CRITICALLY DRY
FUELS AND VERY LOW RHS...WILL CONTINUE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TONIGHT.

IN THE EXTENDED...WED THRU FRI LKS MAINLY DRY AS UPPER RIDGE WL CONT
TO DOMINATE WX. TEMPS WL BE NEAR NORMAL ON WED BEFORE WARMING BACK
INTO 90S ON THU/FRI WITH SOME 100S ON PLAINS. NEXT CHC OF PCPN WL BE
WITH CDFNT AND S/W ON SAT.

.UNR...RED FLAG WARNING NORTHEAST WYOMING AND BLACK HILLS FOR
       TONIGHT.
    ...WIND ADVISORY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FOR TONIGHT...

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins

When
June 29, 2:30 PM MST
Where
Perkins County, 5 mi S of Zeona
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
45.133, -102.933

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.

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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: 5297553.