Sporadic wind gusts from 58 to 77 mph occurred in the strong cold advection behind a strengthening clipper system as it moved into the Great Lakes.
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The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Sporadic wind gusts from 58 to 77 mph occurred in the strong cold advection behind a strengthening clipper system as it moved into the Great Lakes.
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 Jan 4, 11:55 AM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
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9 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A wind gust of 77 mph was recorded at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location 13 miles west of Platte (site SD537).
A wind gust of 70 mph was recorded at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location at Fort Randall Dam (site SD588), as well as 59 mph 4 miles east of Dixon (site SD589).
A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location near Kimball (site SD537).
Sustained winds reached 40 to 45 mph at times over several hours, reaching a peak of 44 mph at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location 5 miles south of Freeman (site SD530).
A wind gust of 59 mph was recorded at Mitchell (site KMHE).
A wind gust of 60 mph was recorded at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location 3 miles southeast of Montrose (site SD547).
A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location 2 miles west of Dell Rapids (site SD520).
A wind gust of 62 mph was recorded at a South Dakota Road Weather Information System location 13 miles west of Ward (site SD577).
A wind gust of 58 mph was recorded at Madison (site KMDS).
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, January 2022
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: 1003330, 1003329, 1003328, 1003333, 1003331, 1003332, 1003334, 1003336, 1003335.