Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 7, 2002

Name: Damaging Wind in South Dakota, September 7, 2002
Start: 2002-09-07T20:57
End: 2002-09-07T20:57
Location: South Dakota

September 7, 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 Sep 7, 6:49 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 7, 6:49 PM MST, 2 hours 8 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
750 MDT SAT SEP 7 2002

SOME DISORGANIZED CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED OVER SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THIS EVENING...AND APPEARS TO BE ON A
TRACK THAT WILL JUST SKIRT THE SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BLACK HILLS.
THE TWO PRIMARY CLUSTERS OF ACTIVITY ARE PRODUCING BRIEF MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WHICH IS MAKING THE
FIRE MANAGERS A BIT JUMPY. IT IS A LITTLE EARLY TO MAKE A GOOD
JUDGEMENT ON THE FRONTAL PASSAGE FORECAST...BUT IF ANYTHING CURRENT
TIMING MIGHT BE A LITTLE FAST.  WILL MAKE SOME MINOR WORDING CHANGES
TO THE ZONES.

.UNR...NONE.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ziebach

When: September 7, 8:57 PM MST
Where: Ziebach County, 9 mi W of Cherry Creek
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 44.600, -101.683

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, September 2002

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: 5316647.