Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 26, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County, 2 mi E of Okreek
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 43.370, -100.340
Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 26, 2011
Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front and produced strong wind gusts over Todd County.
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.
Severe thunderstorms developed along a cold front and produced strong wind gusts over Todd County.
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 Jul 26, 10:00 AM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:00 AM CST, 7 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1000 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2011 .DISCUSSION...UPPER RIDGE OVER FORECAST AREA THIS MORNING WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW BRINGING MOISTURE PLUME ACROSS WY-SE MT-WRN DAKOTAS. SATELLITE SHOWING SHORT WAVE DEVELOPING OVER WY THAT WILL HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW CURRENTLY OVER EXTREME SERN MT WITH WARM FRONT ACROSS NRN SDAND COLD FRONT TRAILING ACROSS NRN WY. UNR MORNING SOUNDING IS VERY UNSTABLE...BUT A STRONG CAP IS IN PLACE. HIGHEST CAPE VALUES ARE EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS...WHERE THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE. DENSE MID LEVEL CLOUD COVER OVER NERN WY THROUGH NWRN SD IS KEEPING TEMPERATURES FROM WARMING MUCH THIS MORNING...SO HAVE LOWERED TEMPS FROM NERN WY ACROSS NWRN SD. && .AVIATION...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...WITH SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:00 AM CST, 12 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 500 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2011 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-271300- 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- 500 AM MDT (600 AM CDT) TUE JUL 26 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL BRING A DAILY CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. SATURDAY IS FORECAST TO BE MOSTLY DRY...THEN ANOTHER ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL SET UP BEGINNING LATE SUNDAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHEAST WYOMING ON WEDNESDAY. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:50 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Todd
- When
- July 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Todd County, 7 mi SE of Mission
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 43.228, -100.572
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 26, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 26, 2011
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Utah, July 26 to 27, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, July 26 to 31, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Connecticut, July 26, 2011
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 26, 2011
- Tornadoes and Hail in New York, July 26, 2011
- Wildfire in Texas, July 26 to 27, 2011
- Flash Flood in Arizona, July 26, 2011
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in South Dakota, July 26 to 27, 2011
- Lightning Strike in Montana, July 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat in Kansas, July 26 to 31, 2011
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 330961, 330962.