South Dakota, 2023Tornado in South Dakota, June 21, 2023
June 21, 2023 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone
A thunderstorm produced a brief tornado southeast of Lemmon. No damage was reported.
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- None recorded
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A thunderstorm produced a brief tornado southeast of Lemmon. No damage was reported.
What forecasters said that day
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NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 4:00 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 4:00 PM MST, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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</html>Tornado, Perkins
- When
- June 21, 6:19 PM MST to 6:21 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 8 mi SE of Lemmon to 6.89 mi SE of (Lem)lemmon Arpt
- Rating
- EF0
- Path length
- 1.76 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 45.858, -102.042
A tornado briefly developed southeast of Lemmon. No damage was reported.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
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