High Wind in South Dakota, April 13 to 14, 2022

Name: High Wind in South Dakota, April 13 to 14, 2022
Start: 2022-04-13T23:45
End: 2022-04-14T17:30
Location: South Dakota

April 13 to 14, 2022 · NWS FSD · 18 events in 18 counties and zones

Intense low pressure continued to produce a strong gradient across the Northern Plains, which intensified with another pulse of cold advection on April 14. Numerous high-profile vehicles had difficulty navigating the extreme wind gusts, with seven overturned semi-trucks across southeast South Dakota.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 18 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $43,000
Events: 18

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.

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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 13, 5:14 PM CST, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 5:14 PM CST, 6 hours 31 minutes before

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Event by event

18 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Brule

When: April 13, 11:45 PM CST to April 14, 10:00 AM CST
Where: Brule forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Crop damage: $43,000
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.718, -99.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 47 mph, with a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 0809CST at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD537 at Kimball. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

High Wind, Jerauld

When: April 14, 12:15 AM CST to 12:45 PM CST
Where: Jerauld forecast zone
Measured: 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.066, -98.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 49 mph, with a peak wind gust of 68 mph at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD603 3 miles west of Lane at 0842CST.

High Wind, Beadle

When: April 14, 12:45 AM CST to 1:30 PM CST
Where: Beadle forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.415, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 47 mph, with a peak wind gust of 63 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD582 3 miles north-northwest of Wolsey at 0327CST. Strong wind gusts were also measured at 60 mph 2 miles north-northwest of Huron at 0814CST and 62 mph 3 miles east of Cavour at 0637CST.

High Wind, Aurora

When: April 14, 2:00 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
Where: Aurora forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.718, -98.561 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 46 mph, with a peak wind gust of 63 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD553 4 miles west of Plankinton at 0424CST.

High Wind, Kingsbury

When: April 14, 2:30 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
Where: Kingsbury forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.370, -97.491 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 46 mph, with a peak wind gust of 60 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD504 4 miles south of Arlington at 0808CST.

High Wind, Sanborn

When: April 14, 2:30 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
Where: Sanborn forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 44.023, -98.091 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Strong wind gusts caused a semi-truck to overturn along South Dakota State Highway 37 north of Mitchell.

High Wind, McCook

When: April 14, 4:00 AM CST to 5:30 PM CST
Where: McCook forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.674, -97.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained wind was frequently from 40 to 50 mph, with a peak wind gust of 65 mph was measured at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD547 3 miles southeast of Montrose at 0933CST.

High Wind, Brookings

When: April 14, 4:30 AM CST to 12:45 PM CST
Where: Brookings forecast zone
Measured: 38 kt (44 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 44.370, -96.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 44 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KBKX in Brookings.

High Wind, Hutchinson

When: April 14, 6:05 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.335, -97.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 49 mph, with a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 0804CST at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD530 5 miles south of Freeman.

High Wind, Turner

When: April 14, 7:00 AM CST to 2:30 PM CST
Where: Turner forecast zone
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.311, -97.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 48 mph, with a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 1304CST at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD605 4 miles east-southeast of Parker.

High Wind, Davison

When: April 14, 7:30 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
Where: Davison forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 43.675, -98.146 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 44 mph, with a peak wind gust of 61 mph measured at 0813CST by the Automated Surface Observing System site KMHE 3 miles north-northwest of Mitchell.

High Wind, Lincoln

When: April 14, 7:30 AM CST to 3:00 PM CST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.279, -96.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 45 mph, with a peak wind gust of 60 mph at 1253CST at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD519 10 miles east of Davis.

High Wind, Union

When: April 14, 7:45 AM CST to 3:45 PM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Measured: 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.833, -96.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained wind was frequently from 40 to 45 mph, with a peak wind gust of 62 mph measured at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD508 3 miles south-southwest of Beresford at 1316CST. Several semi-trucks were overturned by the wind gusts and created travel delays.

High Wind, Douglas

When: April 14, 8:00 AM CST to 10:15 AM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.387, -98.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 43 mph, with a peak wind gust of 58 mph at 1009CST at South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD601 3 miles south of Corsica.

High Wind, Lake

When: April 14, 8:45 AM CST to 12:30 PM CST
Where: Lake forecast zone
Measured: 39 kt (45 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 44.022, -97.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds were frequently from 40 to 45 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KMDS in Madison.

High Wind, Minnehaha

When: April 14, 8:45 AM CST to 11:30 AM CST
Where: Minnehaha forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 43.674, -96.791 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wind gust of 60 mph was measured by the Automated Surface Observing System site KFSD in Sioux Falls. Two semi-trucks were overturned by the strong winds and caused temporary closure of Interstate 29 between Baltic and Renner.

High Wind, Hanson

When: April 14, 8:45 AM CST to 2:30 PM CST
Where: Hanson forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.675, -97.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained wind was frequently from 40 to 49 mph, with a peak wind gust of 59 mph measured at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD502 3 miles east-northeast of Alexandria at 1049CST.

High Wind, Moody

When: April 14, 10:45 AM CST to 1:15 PM CST
Where: Moody forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.022, -96.671 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wind gust of 58 mph was measured at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site SD577 13 miles west of Ward at 1058CST.

What these are

High Wind: Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2022 Every state in 2022 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, April 2022

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: 1022834, 1022822, 1022817, 1022832, 1022818, 1022839, 1022829, 1022820, 1022836, 1022837, 1022831, 1022838, 1022840, 1022835, 1022824, 1022827, 1022830, 1022826.