High Wind, Dakota
- When
- February 11, 1:45 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.391, -96.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, February 11, 2003
Sustained winds occasionally around 40 mph with gusts of 55 to 60 mph developed in the early afternoon and persisted for about 2 hours.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Sustained winds occasionally around 40 mph with gusts of 55 to 60 mph developed in the early afternoon and persisted for about 2 hours.
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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 11, 10:09 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 10:09 AM CST, 3 hours 36 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1009 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2003
MAIN CONCERNS THIS MORNING WILL BE HOW TO HANDLE INCOMING FRONT AND
SNOW/BLOWING SNOW. NORTHEAST SD SHOWING SOME SITES WITH VISBYS A
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. THE BIGGEST QUESTION WILL BE WHETHER OR NOT A
HALF AND INCH TO AN INCH OF NEW SNOW WILL CAUSE ENOUGH PROBLEMS TO
WARRANT A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY.
WILL CONTINUE THE WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND MENTION AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW IN PRODUCTS...BUT NOT ISSUE AN ADVISORY.
OTHERWISE...GRIDS IN GOOD SHAPE WITH MAIN CHANGES BEING HOW FAST
TEMPS DROP THIS AFTERNOON AND TIMING OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
.FSD...WIND ADVISORY FOR LATE THIS MORNING MNZ071-072-097-SDZ038>040
-052>056
WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON IAZ001-002-MNZ080-081-089-
090-098-SDZ059>062-065>069
WIND ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IAZ003-012>014-
020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-SDZ070-071
08Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 4:57 AM CST, 8 hours 48 minutes before
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003- 012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-121200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 457 AM CST TUE FEB 11 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. BOUSTEAD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 11, 1:34 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
0134 PM CST TUE FEB 11 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1210 PM WORTHINGTON MN 56 MPH NON-TSTORM WIND
02/11/03 NOBLES *** 1 INJ *** STRONG WIND
GUSTS COLLAPSED PARTIALLY
CONSTRUCTED BUILDING.Local storm report, Feb 11, 1:34 PM CST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED MND TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
134 PM CST TUE FEB 11 2003
TIME(CST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1210 PM WORTHINGTON MN 56 MPH NON-TSTORM WIND
02/11/03 NOBLES *** 1 INJ *** STRONG WIND
GUSTS COLLAPSED PARTIALLY
CONSTRUCTED BUILDING.The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in California, February 11 to 14, 2003
- High Wind in Iowa, February 11, 2003
- Flood and Heavy Rain in California, February 11 to 12, 2003
- Flood in California, February 11, 2003
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 11, 2003
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 11, 2003
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 11, 2003
- High Wind in Minnesota, February 11, 2003
- High Wind in Iowa, February 11, 2003
- High Wind in Iowa, February 11, 2003
- Winter Storm in Michigan, February 11 to 12, 2003
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 11 to 12, 2003
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, February 2003
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: 5344357.