A mobile home, west of Oglala, was destroyed by outflow winds from a nearby thunderstorm. The strong broadside winds caused the mobile home to roll over with several people inside.
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A mobile home, west of Oglala, was destroyed by outflow winds from a nearby thunderstorm. The strong broadside winds caused the mobile home to roll over with several people inside. Five people were injured and there was one fatality.
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 Apr 17, 7:52 PM MST, 23 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 630 AM MDT MON APR 17 2006 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-181300- 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- 630 AM MDT (730 AM CDT) MON APR 17 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND THE WYOMING BLACK HILLS... ...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG...SLOW MOVING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. AS IT DOES...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. BEHIND THE COLD FRONT...COLD AIR WILL POUR INTO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH TO SNOW OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING...THE BLACK HILLS AND PARTS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA LATE TONIGHT. OVER THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS...STRONG UPSLOPE WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONTINUOUS SNOWFALL WITH AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHEAST WYOMING AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND AN INCH. FOR THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND WYOMING BLACK HILLS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS...WHERE TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION WILL BE 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. THE SNOW...COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. AS THE STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE EAST...NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA ON TUESDAY. THE WINDS WILL DECREASE TUESDAY EVENING...BUT ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...THOUGH ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE AS STRONG. THE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO EXIT THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THIS STORM SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO SLOW DOWN...AND BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND THE PLAINS OF NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA. IF THAT OCCURS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WITH THE SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR FURTHER UPDATES AS THIS STORM PROGRESSES THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
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</html>PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
724 PM MDT MON APR 17 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0630 PM HAIL 1 SE LADNER 45.82N 103.72W
04/17/2006 E0.88 INCH HARDING SD TRAINED SPOTTER
GROUND WHITE WITH HAIL...DIME TO NICKEL SIZE.
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BUNKERSThe Rapid City radar (KUDX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Oglala Lakota | 2006-04-17 | 22 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, April 2006
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5504482.