Funnel Cloud, Buffalo
- When
- July 21, 3:17 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, 3.63 mi NE of Ft Thompson
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 44.080, -99.370
Funnel Cloud in South Dakota, July 21, 2019
A funnel cloud was spotted northeast of Fort Thompson.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- 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 ABR wrote it up.
A funnel cloud was spotted northeast of Fort Thompson.
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 171 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:15 UTC.
Event by event
1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Arizona, July 21 to 26, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 21 to 22, 2019
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Florida, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat and Heat in Maryland, July 21, 2019
- Heat in Arizona, July 21, 2019
- Wildfire in Arizona, July 21 to 31, 2019
- Flash Flood and Flood in Missouri, July 21 to 22, 2019
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 21, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Arizona, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Kentucky, July 21 to 22, 2019
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 21, 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 847374.