Thunderstorm Wind, Harding
- When
- June 30, 7:02 PM MST
- Where
- Harding County, (2wx)buffalo
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.600, -103.550
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 30, 2010
Strong outflow winds from a thunderstorm pushed through Buffalo.
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 happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Strong outflow winds from a thunderstorm pushed through Buffalo.
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 30, 6:45 PM MST, 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 6:45 PM MST, 17 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 618 AM MDT WED JUN 30 2010 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-011300- 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- 618 AM MDT (718 AM CDT) WED JUN 30 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. WINDS WILL BE BREEZY OUT OF THE SOUTH ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AGAIN ON THURSDAY. ONCE AGAIN...SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG. A MORE WIDESPREAD CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:34 PM MST, 4 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 334 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2010 WYZ056>058-302215- WESTERN CROOK WY-WESTON WY-WYOMING BLACK HILLS WY- 334 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WESTON AND SOUTHWESTERN CROOK COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 331 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF MOORCROFT...OR 29 MILES EAST OF DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MOORCROFT... PINE HAVEN... KEYHOLE RESERVOIR... CARLILE... DEVILS TOWER JUNCTION... THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN WYOMING MILE MARKERS 151 AND 172... IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. IF YOU ARE ON A LAKE GET TO SHORE AND TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. WETENKAMP
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:03 PM MST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 403 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2010 WYZ054-302245- NORTHERN CAMPBELL WY- 403 PM MDT WED JUN 30 2010 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CAMPBELL COUNTY UNTIL 445 PM MDT... AT 359 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES NORTH OF SPOTTED HORSE...OR 42 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN GILLETTE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOCATIONS NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... RECLUSE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. WETENKAMP
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:27 PM MST, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 174 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:00 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
- Hail in Montana, June 30, 2010
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Texas, June 30, 2010
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, June 30, 2010
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 30, 2010
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 30, 2010
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Texas, June 30, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 30, 2010
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, June 30, 2010
- Hail in Montana, June 30, 2010
- Flash Flooding in North Carolina, June 30, 2010
- Flash Flood and Coastal Flood in Mississippi, June 30, 2010
- Hail in Wyoming, June 30, 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 232330.