High Wind in South Dakota, April 6, 2024

Name: High Wind in South Dakota, April 6, 2024
Start: 2024-04-06T08:00
End: 2024-04-06T23:00
Location: South Dakota

April 6, 2024 · NWS FSD · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

A strong pressure gradient and elevated winds atop a well mixed boundary layer ahead of a low pressure system across Nebraska resulted in high winds across southeast South Dakota mainly during the afternoon and evening hours of April 6th. Multiple automated stations reported maximum wind gusts at or above 58 mph.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 16 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: None recorded
Events: 16

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 6, 5:26 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 5:26 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Event by event

16 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, McCook

When: April 6, 8:00 AM CST to 7:15 PM CST
Where: McCook forecast zone
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.674, -97.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds infrequently peaked between 40 and 43 mph in the morning hours and then more consistently peaked between 40 and 48 mph during the afternoon and early evening hours. A maximum wind gust of 66 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Montrose (SD 547).

High Wind, Miner

When: April 6, 9:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where: Miner forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.022, -97.610 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds infrequently peaked between 40 and 43 mph in the morning hours and then more consistently peaked between 40 and 48 mph during the afternoon. Although sustained winds dropped below 40 mph into the evening, a maximum wind gust of 61 mph was observed shortly before midnight at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Howard (SD 597), likely aided by nearby showers.

High Wind, Beadle

When: April 6, 9:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Beadle forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.415, -98.278 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds briefly peaked between 40 and 43 mph in the morning hours and then more consistently peaked between 40 and 49 mph during the afternoon. Although sustained winds dropped below 40 mph into the evening, a maximum wind gust of 61 mph was observed shortly before midnight at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Cavour (SD 515), likely aided by nearby showers.

High Wind, Moody

When: April 6, 9:15 AM CST to 6:45 PM CST
Where: Moody forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.022, -96.671 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds very briefly peaked near 40 mph in the morning hours and then more consistently peaked between 40 and 49 mph during the afternoon and early evening hours. A maximum wind gust of 60 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Ward (SD 577).

High Wind, Lincoln

When: April 6, 11:00 AM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Lincoln forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.279, -96.722 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds intermittently peaked between 40 and 46 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 61 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Davis (SD 519).

High Wind, Charles Mix

When: April 6, 11:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Charles Mix forecast zone
Measured: 37 kt (43 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.208, -98.588 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds intermittently peaked between 40 and 43 mph during the afternoon at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Wagner (SD 622).

High Wind, Hanson

When: April 6, 11:45 AM CST to 4:45 PM CST
Where: Hanson forecast zone
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.675, -97.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Turner

When: April 6, 1:00 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
Where: Turner forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.311, -97.149 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds intermittently peaked between 40 and 42 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 60 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Irene (SD 615).

High Wind, Davison

When: April 6, 1:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Davison forecast zone
Measured: 51 kt (59 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 43.675, -98.146 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds very briefly peaked near 40 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 59 mph was observed at the Mitchell Municipal Airport (KMHE).

High Wind, Union

When: April 6, 1:30 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
Where: Union forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 42.833, -96.656 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds intermittently peaked between 40 and 46 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 58 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Beresford (SD 508).

High Wind, Douglas

When: April 6, 1:45 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Measured: 36 kt (41 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.387, -98.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds very briefly peaked between 40 and 41 mph during the afternoon hours at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Corsica (SD 601).

High Wind, Hutchinson

When: April 6, 2:00 PM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.335, -97.754 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds infrequently peaked between 40 and 42 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 60 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Freeman (SD 530).

High Wind, Yankton

When: April 6, 2:00 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
Where: Yankton forecast zone
Measured: 37 kt (43 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.009, -97.395 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds briefly peaked between 40 and 43 mph during the afternoon hours at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Gayville (SD 532).

High Wind, Brule

When: April 6, 2:30 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
Where: Brule forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 43.718, -99.081 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds very briefly peaked near 40 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 58 mph was observed at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Kimball (SD 537).

High Wind, Jerauld

When: April 6, 3:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
Where: Jerauld forecast zone
Measured: 37 kt (43 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Department of Highways
Coordinates: 44.066, -98.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sustained winds infrequently peaked between 40 and 43 mph during the afternoon hours at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Lane (SD 603).

High Wind, Minnehaha

When: April 6, 3:30 PM CST to 5:30 PM 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)

Sustained winds infrequently peaked between 40 and 43 mph during the afternoon hours. A maximum wind gust of 60 mph was observed at Sioux Falls Regional Airport (KFSD).

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 2024 Every state in 2024 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, April 2024

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: 1177772, 1177778, 1177779, 1177777, 1177767, 1177793, 1177774, 1177768, 1177775, 1177766, 1177785, 1177770, 1177796, 1177776, 1177781, 1177771.