Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24, 2014

Name: Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 24, 2014
Start: 2014-07-24T17:20
End: 2014-07-24T19:33
Location: South Dakota

July 24, 2014 · NWS UNR · 9 events in 3 counties and zones

A long-lived severe thunderstorm tracked east from Montana across northwestern South Dakota, producing strong wind gusts across southern Harding, southern Perkins, and northern Ziebach Counties.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 9

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 long-lived severe thunderstorm tracked east from Montana across northwestern South Dakota, producing strong wind gusts across southern Harding, southern Perkins, and northern Ziebach Counties.

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 24, 1:17 PM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 1:17 PM MST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 1:22 PM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:41 PM MST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 24, 4:07 PM MST, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 24, 4:53 PM MST, 27 minutes before

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The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 158 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:19 UTC.

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Event by event

9 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: July 24, 5:20 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 2.93 mi SSE of Harding
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 45.360, -103.810

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: July 24, 5:45 PM MST
Where: Harding County, Redig
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.270, -103.550

Wind tore part of the roof off a trailer house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: July 24, 5:48 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 7 mi E of Redig
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.270, -103.406

Branches eight inches in diameter were broken off a tree.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: July 24, 6:01 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 15 mi ENE of Redig
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.353, -103.265

The spotter estimated wind gusts at 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: July 24, 6:09 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 13.76 mi SSW of Reva
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 45.360, -103.165

Thunderstorm Wind, Harding

When: July 24, 6:15 PM MST
Where: Harding County, 19.4 mi S of Reva
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.270, -103.050

Wind gusts were estimated around 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins

When: July 24, 6:55 PM MST
Where: Perkins County, 17.24 mi W of Usta
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.210, -102.514

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins

When: July 24, 7:02 PM MST
Where: Perkins County, 7.59 mi WNW of Usta
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 45.250, -102.310

Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind, Ziebach

When: July 24, 7:33 PM MST
Where: Ziebach County, 5.32 mi W of Iron Lightning
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 45.168, -101.938

Gusts were estimated around 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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, July 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 532025, 532028, 532029, 532031, 532034, 532036, 532039, 532042, 532044.