South Dakota, 2010

High Wind in South Dakota, June 18, 2010

June 18, 2010 · NWS UNR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A tight pressure gradient resulted in strong west to northwest winds across far northwestern South Dakota. Sustained winds of 30 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph were measured from Buffalo to the Lemmon area.

Where it happened

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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 UNR wrote it up.

A tight pressure gradient resulted in strong west to northwest winds across far northwestern South Dakota. Sustained winds of 30 to 50 mph with gusts to 60 mph were measured from Buffalo to the Lemmon area.

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 Jun 17, 1:25 PM MST, 18 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:25 PM MST, 18 hours 35 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Harding

When
June 18, 8:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where
Harding forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Perkins

When
June 18, 10:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
Where
Perkins forecast zone
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
45.491, -102.476 (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

More

Every storm in South Dakota in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2010

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: 239995, 239996.