Thunderstorm Wind, Lake
- When
- July 16, 6:36 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, 0.85 mi NE of Madison
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.010, -97.110
Thunderstorm winds caused tree damage, including a tree snapped in half.
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 16, 2015
A thunderstorm produced damaging winds at Madison in Lake County of southeast South Dakota during the early evening of July 16th.
Where it happened
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- Wind
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- 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 FSD wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced damaging winds at Madison in Lake County of southeast South Dakota during the early evening of July 16th.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 56 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:33 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
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- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 16, 2015
- Damaging Wind in Nevada, July 16, 2015
- Lightning Strikes in Florida, July 16, 2015
- Funnel Clouds in Iowa, July 16, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 2015
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 16, 2015
- Funnel Clouds in Minnesota, July 16, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 16, 2015
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 16, 2015
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, July 16, 2015
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: 587464.