Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 2005

Name: Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 7, 2005
Start: 2005-06-07T23:10
End: 2005-06-07T23:10
Location: South Dakota

June 7, 2005 · NWS ABR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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 happened

The episode as NWS ABR wrote it up.

A powerful line of severe thunderstorms moved across all of central and northeast South Dakota during the evening of June 7th into the early morning hours of June 8th causing widespread damage to the area. Sixty to over 100 mph winds moved across most the area downing hundreds of trees, hundreds of power lines and poles, damaging or destroying several thousand grain bins along with a countless number of structures. Several mobile homes were also damaged or destroyed by the strong winds. Nearly fifty of the steel power line towers were downed in central South Dakota. The most significant damage occurred across Sully, Potter, Faulk, Spink, and Brown counties. Spotty large hail combined with the strong winds broke some windows in homes and vehicles.

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 Jun 7, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 9:45 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1045 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.UPDATE...ONGOING SEVERE CONVECTION ACROSS THE AREA HAS BEEN
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING AND SOME DAMAGING STRAIGHTLINE WINDS. NEW
GRIDS AND WORDS BEING KICKED OUT THE DOOR AT THIS TIME FOR TOR WATCH
432. REMAINING WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 5Z.      DORN

.PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
FOCUS FOR THIS DAY IS ON SHORT TERM.  MODELS SEEM TO BE HANDLING
THINGS WELL. MODELS AGREE ON UPPER H5 WAVE MOVING NORTH AND
STRENGTHENING.  THIS WILL PUSH A SURFACE REFLECTION INTO THE WESTERN
PART OF SOUTH DAKOTA.  IT WILL INTERACT WITH OLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY IN
PLACE ACROSS THE STATE.  PLACEMENT OF THIS BOUNDARY IS A LITTLE
ELUSIVE BUT WILL BE MAJOR IN SPOTTING STRONGEST WEATHER.  AT THIS
TIME EXPECT CONVECTION TO CONTINUE IN THE WEST AND ALSO EXPECT TO
SEE CONVECTION FIRING EAST OF THE RIVER.  CAPE VALUES ARE AROUND
3K-4K WITH LIFTED INDEX VALUES APPROACHING -10.  7/00Z WRF MODELS
SUGGESTS CONVECTION LINING OUT NORTH TO SOUTH IN THE WESTERN PART OF
THE STATE AND MOVING EAST.  EXPECT IT TO MEET EAST RIVER CONVECTION
LATER TONIGHT AND FINALLY MOVING OUT OF THE STATE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
BY TOMORROW THE WAVE HAS PASSED AND THIS AREA IS LEFT IN SOUTHWEST
FLOW ALOFT AND SHOULD BE A PLEASANT DAY.  LEFT OVER BAROCLINIC ZONES
WILL HELP FOCUS FUTURE CONVECTION.  DID INCLUDE ANOTHER EPISODE OF
AFTERNOON CONVECTION THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
LATEST MODELS RUNS DONT REALLY ALTER MUCH IN THEIR THINKING. STILL
SHOWING BROAD WRN CONUS TROF WITH ERN CONUS RIDGE. GFS CONTS TO SHOW
WAVES EJECTING OUT OF TROF OVER REGION SATURDAY AND AGAIN SUNDAY
NIGHT. THE ECMWF CONCURS WITH OVERALL JIST OF THINKING..ALTHO MINOR
TIMING ISSUES ARISE. SUNDAY STILL APPEARS TO BE DRY AS WEAK 5H S/W
RIDGING MOVES OVER CWA AND HIGH PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. ALTHO ALSO
ADMIT THAT THIS FAR OUT TIMING OF WAVES RESPONSIBLE FOR CONVECTION
DIFFICULT AT BEST. CONT TO KEEP TUESDAY DRY AS WRN TROF SHEARS AND
LIFTS...ALTHO FEELING IS THAT THIS MAY BE A TAD TOO QUICK.

CURRENT FCST TEMPS STILL REMAIN REASONABLE GIVEN WAA REGIME OVER
AREA BALANCED WITH EXPECTED CLOUD COVER. DID MINOR COSMETIC TWEAKING
BUT OVERALL TEMPS PRETTY MUCH LEFT AS INHERITED.

&&
.ABR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

KEEFE/HINTZ

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 10:17 AM CST, 12 hours 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1117 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-081100-
BUFFALO-CAMPBELL-CORSON-DEWEY-EDMUNDS-FAULK-HAND-HUGHES-HYDE-JONES-
LYMAN-MCPHERSON-POTTER-STANLEY-SULLY-WALWORTH-
1117 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EJECT INTO THE PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 3 PM CDT...WITH SOME STORMS QUICKLY
BECOMING SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60
MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH ISOLATED TORNADOS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS ON THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 3 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-081100-
BIG STONE-BROWN-CLARK-CODINGTON-DAY-DEUEL-GRANT-HAMLIN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-SPINK-TRAVERSE-
1117 AM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...AS WELL AS BIG STONE AND TRAVERSE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL EJECT INTO THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS LOW WILL INTERACT WITH WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ALREADY IN PLACE
ACROSS THE EAST. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL DEVELOP BY 5
PM CDT...WITH SOME STORMS QUICKLY BECOMING SEVERE. LARGE HAIL...VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OVER 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE...ALONG WITH
ISOLATED TORNADOS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS WELL AS ON THE
WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 5 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON.

HINTZ

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:45 PM CST, 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1145 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1034 PM     TSTM WND GST     BRENTWOOD COLONY        45.15N 99.30W
06/07/2005  65 MPH           FAULK              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

TMT

Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:54 PM CST, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1154 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0937 PM     TSTM WND GST     REE HEIGHTS             44.52N 99.20W
06/07/2005  60 MPH           HAND               SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

TMT

Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:57 PM CST, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1157 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 PM     HAIL             1 W CLARK               44.88N 97.75W
06/07/2005  0.88 INCH        CLARK              SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

TMT

Local storm report, Jun 7, 10:59 PM CST, 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1159 PM CDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1135 PM     HAIL             1 N CLARK               44.90N 97.73W
06/07/2005  0.88 INCH        CLARK              SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

TMT

Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:02 PM CST, 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1202 AM CDT WED JUN 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1037 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     6 SE ROSCOE             45.39N 99.25W
06/07/2005                   EDMUNDS            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD

&&

TMT

Local storm report, Jun 7, 11:04 PM CST, 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1204 AM CDT WED JUN 08 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1126 PM     TSTM WND GST     CLARK                   44.88N 97.73W
06/07/2005  60 MPH           CLARK              SD   LAW ENFORCEMENT

&&

TMT

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 129 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:09 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Deuel

When: June 7, 11:10 PM CST
Where: Deuel County, Clear Lake
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.750, -96.683

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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2005 Every state in 2005 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2005

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: 5454825.