High Wind in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 2014

Name: High Wind in South Dakota, January 15 to 16, 2014
Start: 2014-01-15T19:00
End: 2014-01-16T15:00
Location: South Dakota

January 15 to 16, 2014 · NWS UNR · 21 events in 21 counties and zones

Strong winds developed behind the passage of a cold front. Northwest winds of 30 to 45 mph with gusts over 70 mph, developed across much of the western and south central South Dakota plains with the strongest winds across northwestern South Dakota and the Rapid City area during the morning of the 16th.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 21 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 21

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.

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 Jan 15, 4:15 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 15, 4:15 PM MST, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 15, 2:25 PM MST, 4 hours 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
225 PM MST WED JAN 15 2014

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-161400-
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-
225 PM MST (325 PM CST) WED JAN 15 2014

...STRONG WINDS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE
   SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. IT
WILL BRING GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND IT...ESPECIALLY OVER THE
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE
AREA THURSDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH AND SOME
GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA
PLAINS DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

&&

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES...
OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY

The radar

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Event by event

21 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Harding

When: January 15, 7:00 PM MST to January 16, 11:00 AM MST
Where: Harding forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern Meade Co Plains

When: January 15, 7:00 PM MST to January 16, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
Measured: 60 kt (69 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Rapid City

When: January 15, 7:00 PM MST to January 16, 2:00 PM MST
Where: Rapid City forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Perkins

When: January 15, 8:00 PM MST to January 16, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Perkins forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 45.491, -102.476 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Ziebach

When: January 15, 8:00 PM MST to January 16, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Ziebach forecast zone
Measured: 62 kt (71 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.980, -101.666 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Butte

When: January 15, 9:00 PM MST to January 16, 11:00 AM MST
Where: Butte forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.906, -103.508 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Jackson

When: January 15, 9:00 PM MST to January 16, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Jackson forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sturgis / Piedmont Foothills

When: January 15, 9:00 PM MST to January 16, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Sturgis / Piedmont Foothills forecast zone
Measured: 40 kt (46 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Meade Co Plains

When: January 15, 9:00 PM MST to January 16, 3:00 PM MST
Where: Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Other Federal Agency
Coordinates: 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pennington Co Plains

When: January 15, 10:00 PM MST to January 16, 2:00 PM MST
Where: Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
Measured: 66 kt (76 mph) measured gust
Reported by: RAWS
Coordinates: 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Haakon

When: January 15, 10:00 PM MST to January 16, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Haakon forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 44.294, -101.540 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Oglala Lakota

When: January 15, 10:00 PM MST to January 16, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Oglala Lakota forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by: RAWS
Coordinates: 43.336, -102.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Todd

When: January 15, 11:00 PM CST to January 16, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Todd forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: RAWS
Coordinates: 43.193, -100.718 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Bennett

When: January 15, 11:00 PM MST to January 16, 1:00 PM MST
Where: Bennett forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 43.195, -101.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Northern Foot Hills

When: January 16, 12:00 AM MST to 10:00 AM MST
Where: Northern Foot Hills forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.359, -103.792 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Custer Co Plains

When: January 16, 9:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where: Custer Co Plains forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Tripp

When: January 16, 10:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Tripp forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 43.346, -99.884 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hermosa Foothills

When: January 16, 9:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where: Hermosa Foothills forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.678, -103.451 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Fall River

When: January 16, 10:00 AM MST to 12:00 PM MST
Where: Fall River forecast zone
Measured: 37 kt (43 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.239, -103.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Mellette

When: January 16, 11:00 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Mellette forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.581, -100.760 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Southern Foot Hills

When: January 16, 11:00 AM MST to 1:00 PM MST
Where: Southern Foot Hills forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 43.239, -103.528 (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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, January 2014

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: 487256, 487265, 487286, 487257, 487283, 487263, 487297, 487315, 487316, 487290, 487292, 487295, 487305, 487303, 487285, 487289, 487314, 487319, 487293, 487304, 487287.