Thunderstorm Wind, Pennington
- When
- April 30, 7:38 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington County, (Rap)rapid City Arpt
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -103.050
Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 30, 2020
A line of thunderstorms produced a few wind gusts around 60 mph from near Rapid City to the Badlands area.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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 line of thunderstorms produced a few wind gusts around 60 mph from near Rapid City to the Badlands area.
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 19 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:37 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 30, 8:46 PM MST
- Where
- Jackson County, 4 mi E of Cactus Flats
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 43.830, -101.820
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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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 882311, 882312.