Thunderstorm Wind, Campbell
- When
- September 1, 4:20 PM MST
- Where
- Campbell County, 7.33 mi SSW of Recluse
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.640, -105.760
Wind gusts were estimated at 60 mph.
Damaging Wind in Wyoming, September 1, 2016
A severe thunderstorm moved through northern Campbell County, producing strong wind gusts southeast of Spotted Horse.
Where it happened
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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 UNR wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm moved through northern Campbell County, producing strong wind gusts southeast of Spotted Horse.
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 Sep 1, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 5 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion For Western SD and Northeastern WY
National Weather Service Rapid City SD
315 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2016
.SHORT TERM...(This Evening Through Friday Night)
Issued at 249 PM MDT Thu Sep 1 2016
Upper level analysis has amplified flow across the area with
ridging across the central CONUS and trof entering the Pacific
Northwest. Skies are party cloudy across the area. At the surface,
high pressure is located across the Great Lakes region with low
pressure over central Montana. Temperatures at 3pm are in the 80s
with southerly winds at 20 to 30 mph.
Tonight...Upper ridging remains across the Northern Plains with
partly cloudy skies expected overnight. A weak shortwave will clip
far western portions of the area with just a slight chance of a
shower or thunderstorm across Northeast Wyoming overnight. Low
temperatures will remain mild, with readings in the upper 50s and
60s.
Friday...Upper ridge shifts east as western trof digs into the
Pacific Northwest. Surface low pressure over central Montana lifts
into Canada as weak surface boundary slides into northeast
Wyoming. While windy conditions continue on the South Dakota
plains, behind the surface trof in WY, winds become gusty out of
the southwest, and dewpoints decrease markedly. Even with an upper
level shortwave crossing the area midday, moisture will be very
limited, and will only support an isolated threat for
thunderstorms across the far west and north. One more day of above
average temperatures is expected, with highs in the 80s to lower
90s.
Isolated showers and storms will diminish quickly in the evening
with partly cloudy skies expected overnight. Mild conditions
continue with low temperatures only falling into the upper 50s and
60s.
.LONG TERM...(Saturday Through Thursday)
Issued at 249 PM MDT Thu Sep 1 2016
Upper trough over the western CONUS will move eastward during the
weekend bringing unsettled weather to the northern plains. A
surface trough will slowly cross the area which could bring
showers and thunderstorms to much of the region from Saturday
night into Sunday and Monday. The main western CONUS trough will
be relatively stationary through the rest of the extended forecast
period leaving the forecast area under active southwesterly flow
aloft which will bring daily chances of showers and thunderstorms
through much of next week. Temperatures will be cooler than
average.
&&
.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS Through 18Z Friday)
Issued At 249 PM MDT Thu Sep 1 2016
Isolated thunderstorms are possible over parts of nern WY and
nwrn SD from late this aftn into this eve. Gusty winds and hail
are possible. Breezy to windy conditions will continue through the
aftn and eve. LLWS will develop over much of western SD including
KRAP aft 05Z continuing until around 12Z Friday morning.
&&
.FIRE WEATHER...
Issued At 249 PM MDT Thu Sep 1 2016
A dry line will shift eastward into northeastern Wyoming on
Friday, dropping the relative humidity to 10 to 15 percent on
Friday afternoon. As temperatures warm, the atmosphere will become
deeply mixed and southwesterly winds gusting to around 25 mph are
expected. A Red Flag warning will be issued for Friday aftn/eve
across northeastern Wyoming.
&&
.UNR Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
SD...Wind Advisory until 6 PM MDT this evening for SDZ001-002-012-013.
WY...Red Flag Warning from noon to 10 PM MDT Friday for WYZ259-297-
298.
&&
SHORT TERM...15
LONG TERM...10
AVIATION...10
FIRE WEATHER...10Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 10:32 AM MST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1132 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016 WYZ054>058-071-021300- NORTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-WESTERN CROOK- WYOMING BLACK HILLS-WESTON-NORTHEASTERN CROOK- 1132 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST WYOMING...AND THE BLACK HILLS OF WYOMING. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPS TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT AND SOUTHWEST WINDS BECOME GUSTY AT TIMES. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED 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 SDZ001-002-012-013-021300- HARDING-PERKINS-BUTTE-NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- 1132 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SOUTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED 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 SDZ014-032-043-044-046-047-049-021300- ZIEBACH-HAAKON-JACKSON-BENNETT-MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP- 1132 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016 /1232 PM CDT THU SEP 1 2016/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .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 SDZ024>031-041-042-072>074-021300- NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY- SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS- CUSTER CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-OGLALA LAKOTA- STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS- HERMOSA FOOT HILLS- 1132 AM MDT THU SEP 1 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA...AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME...ALTHOUGH A FEW STRONGER STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .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
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 240 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:19 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.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Drought in Alabama, September 1 to 30, 2016
- Drought in California, September 1 to 30, 2016
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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: 655096.