Thunderstorm Wind, Butte
- When
- July 9, 7:50 PM MST
- Where
- Butte County, 3 mi W of Belle Fourche
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.667, -103.933
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 9, 2004
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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 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 Jul 9, 5:30 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 5:30 PM MST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 630 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 .DISCUSSION...SHWS/TSTMS MVG ACRS NE WY AND SWRN SD AHEAD OF APPROACHING S/W. THIS ACTIVITY SHLD HOLD TOGETHER LONG ENOUGH TO MV INTO BLACK HILLS AND S-CENT SD BEFORE DYING OFF. WL UPDATE ZONES AND PUT SCT SHWS/TSTMS INTO THESE AREAS. && UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... .SD...NONE. .WY...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:51 AM MST, 13 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 651 AM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-101300- BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON- HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS- NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY- SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP- WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH- 651 AM MDT (751 AM CDT) FRI JUL 9 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...POSSIBLY ASSISTING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE AREA SATURDAY. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA ON SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 9, 7:32 PM MST, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
832 PM MDT FRI JUL 09 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0645 PM TSTM WND GST 8 E SMITHWICK 43.45N 103.14W
07/09/2004 70 MPH FALL RIVER SD TRAINED SPOTTER
BLEW 6-8 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN.
0810 PM TSTM WND GST BEULAH 44.53N 104.08W
07/09/2004 65 MPH CROOK WY TRAINED SPOTTER
WINDS LASTED FROM 810 PM UNTIL 815 PM.
0820 PM TSTM WND GST 7 SW SPRING CREEK 43.04N 101.11W
07/09/2004 60 MPH TODD SD PUBLIC
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LJCThe radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:48 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Missouri, July 9 to 13, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Georgia, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Indiana, July 9, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Utah, July 9, 2004
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 9, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Colorado, July 9, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Kansas, July 9, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Hail in Illinois, July 9, 2004
- Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, July 9, 2004
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2004
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: 5412360.