High Wind, Sully
- When
- March 30, 6:12 PM CST
- Where
- Sully forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -100.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, March 30, 2010
Scattered light rain showers falling into a very dry airmass were responsible for several heat bursts that occurred across central South Dakota from Pierre to Onida during the evening hours of March 30th. Between 853 pm and 1053 pm CDT, observations from the Pierre airport (KPIR) showed a marked increase in temperature (+10F), decrease in dewpoint temperature (-4F), pressure falls, and gusty…
Where it happened
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- 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.
Scattered light rain showers falling into a very dry airmass were responsible for several heat bursts that occurred across central South Dakota from Pierre to Onida during the evening hours of March 30th. Between 853 pm and 1053 pm CDT, observations from the Pierre airport (KPIR) showed a marked increase in temperature (+10F), decrease in dewpoint temperature (-4F), pressure falls, and gusty surface winds (a peak wind gust of 48 mph). On a farm outside of Pierre, winds were estimated up to 70 mph as some shingles were blown off the roof along with damage to several outbuildings. The Onida airport recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph in the early evening.
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, Hughes
- When
- March 30, 8:53 PM CST
- Where
- Hughes forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 44.389, -99.996 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Avalanche in Colorado, March 30, 2010
- Flooding in New Hampshire, March 30 to 31, 2010
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Maine, March 30 to 31, 2010
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Nevada, March 30 to 31, 2010
- High Wind in California, March 30 to 31, 2010
- Flood and Strong Wind in New York, March 30 to 31, 2010
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, March 30, 2010
- Coastal Flood in Maine, March 30 to 31, 2010
- Winter Storm and High Wind in Utah, March 30 to 31, 2010
- Avalanche in Wyoming, March 30, 2010
- Rip Current in Florida, March 30, 2010
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 222422, 222420.