Thunderstorm Wind, Perkins
- When
- July 6, 5:15 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 7 mi N of Lodgepole
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.901, -102.670
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 6, 2016
A severe thunderstorm developed over northern Perkins County, producing wind gusts to 60 mph north of Lodgepole.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm developed over northern Perkins County, producing wind gusts to 60 mph north of Lodgepole.
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 6, 4:48 PM MST, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:48 PM MST, 27 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016 SDZ031-032-042>044-046-047-049-073-071300- PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-HAAKON-OGLALA LAKOTA-JACKSON-BENNETT- MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- 1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016 /1245 PM CDT WED JUL 6 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE BLACK HILLS EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PERIOD. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY SDZ012>014-024>030-041-072-074-WYZ056>058-071-071300- BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-ZIEBACH-NORTHERN BLACK HILLS- NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS- CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS- FALL RIVER-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- WESTERN CROOK-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTHEAST WYOMING...AND THE BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING AN ENHANCED RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE BLACK HILLS EAST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PERIOD. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY SDZ001-002-WYZ054-055-071300- HARDING-PERKINS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL- 1145 AM MDT WED JUL 6 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND NORTHEAST WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. ISOLATED SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE ARE PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PERIOD. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY. && STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES... OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/RAPIDCITY
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</html>The radar
The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 176 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:16 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
- Heat in Nevada, July 6 to 9, 2016
- Excessive Heat in Pennsylvania, July 6 to 8, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, July 6 to 7, 2016
- Tornado and Hail in Montana, July 6, 2016
- Tornadoes and Flood in Kentucky, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kentucky, July 6 to 7, 2016
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 6, 2016
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 6 to 7, 2016
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 6, 2016
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 6 to 7, 2016
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, July 2016
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: 642587.