High Wind, Rapid City
- When
- April 15, 10:00 PM MST to 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Rapid City forecast zone
- Measured
- 59 kt (68 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, April 15, 2024
Strong winds briefly developed in the Rapid City area and adjacent plains in the late evening due to the development of a wake low behind a departing mesoscale convective system. Some gusts of 60 to around 70 mph were recorded in the Rapid City area and adjacent plains to the east.
Where it happened
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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.
Strong winds briefly developed in the Rapid City area and adjacent plains in the late evening due to the development of a wake low behind a departing mesoscale convective system. Some gusts of 60 to around 70 mph were recorded in the Rapid City area and adjacent plains to the east.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pennington Co Plains
- When
- April 15, 10:00 PM MST to 11:30 PM MST
- Where
- Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1163643, 1163644.