High Wind, Corson
- When
- May 31, 10:55 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Corson forecast zone
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.709, -101.197 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, May 31, 2004
High winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph occurred through the afternoon and into the early evening hours across Corson and Dewey counties.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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 ABR wrote it up.
High winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 60 mph occurred through the afternoon and into the early evening hours across Corson and Dewey counties.
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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 9:40 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 31, 9:40 AM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 1040 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004 PTCLOUDY/MOSUNNY SKIES ACROSS SWRN CWA HAVE ALLOWED TEMPS TO WARM TO FCST HIGHS. HAVE UPDATED TO INCREASE HIGHS BY A COUPLE OF DEGREES. SHOULD SEE CU FIELD MOVE INTO AREA THAT WILL HALT RAPID TEMP RISE. OTW SFC LOW CONTS TO SIT AND SPIN ACROSS ERN NODAK/WESTERN MN WITH GOOD GRADIENT ACROSS CWA. WND ADVRY WINDS NOW BEING MET ACROSS MUCH OF AREA. OTHER THAN TWEAKING CLOUDS AND TEMPS TO SWRN CWA...REMAINDER OF FCST LOOKS GOOD. && .ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 00Z FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. MN...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 00Z FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. && HINTZ
Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:07 AM CST, 6 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD 507 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2004 MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-011000- BIG STONE-BROWN-BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CLARK-CODINGTON-CORSON-DAY-DEUEL- DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-GRANT-HAMLIN-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-LYMAN- MARSHALL-MCPHERSON-POTTER-ROBERTS-SPINK-STANLEY-SULLY-TRAVERSE- WALWORTH- THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...AS WELL AS BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS ON THE BACKSIDE OF A VERY STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CREATE SOME VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP TO AROUND 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS OF 45 TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO LAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ALBRECHT
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Dewey
- When
- May 31, 11:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dewey forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 45.157, -100.872 (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
- Rip Current in Florida, May 31, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 31, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 31, 2004
- Tornado in Alabama, May 31, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Alabama, May 31, 2004
- Tornado in Tennessee, May 31, 2004
- Tornado in Alabama, May 31, 2004
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Michigan, May 31, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 31, 2004
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Georgia, May 31, 2004
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, May 31, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 31, 2004
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, May 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: 5399607, 5399608.