High Wind, Roberts
- When
- February 18, 11:59 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Roberts forecast zone
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.630, -96.946 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire and High Wind in South Dakota, February 18, 2022
A clipper system generated high winds but brought little to no precipitation to the forecast area. Dry conditions and winds peaking at 68 mph in eastern Edmunds County with similarly high gusts across the James Valley resulted in blowing dust.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 9
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 clipper system generated high winds but brought little to no precipitation to the forecast area. Dry conditions and winds peaking at 68 mph in eastern Edmunds County with similarly high gusts across the James Valley resulted in blowing dust. These same winds were also responsible for a vehicle rollover in Day county. Even drier conditions in central South Dakota combined with winds that peaked around 55 mph, resulting in the spread of a nearly 500 acre sized grass fire 7 miles southwest of Murdo.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind, 1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Faulk
- When
- February 18, 12:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Faulk forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.071, -99.145 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Brown
- When
- February 18, 12:08 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Edmunds
- When
- February 18, 12:32 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Edmunds forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.419, -99.215 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
These winds produced zero visibility in dust between 1200CST and 1300CST.
High Wind, Day
- When
- February 18, 12:54 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Day forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 45.367, -97.607 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A semi-truck rollover occurred with these winds at 1254CST on South Dakota Highway 25. Peak winds measuring 57mph were observed at 1323CST.
High Wind, Clark
- When
- February 18, 1:18 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clark forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire, Jones
- When
- February 18, 1:20 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jones forecast zone
- Reported by
- Fire Department/Rescue
- Coordinates
- 43.961, -100.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Deuel
- When
- February 18, 1:22 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.760, -96.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Spink
- When
- February 18, 2:34 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Spink forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1002552, 1010335, 1002554, 1002532, 1002548, 1002555, 1002539, 1002553, 1002551.