A strong synoptic gradient ahead of a cold front resulted in sustained south to southwest winds from 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 45 to 55 mph with a couple locations up to around 60 mph. Accompanying low humidity values led to areas of critical fire behavior, but no significant fires were noted during the period.
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The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
A strong synoptic gradient ahead of a cold front resulted in sustained south to southwest winds from 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 45 to 55 mph with a couple locations up to around 60 mph. Accompanying low humidity values led to areas of critical fire behavior, but no significant fires were noted during the period.
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 Mar 6, 6:01 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
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13 strong wind, 1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 43 mph (only very briefly over 40 mph) with a peak gust up to 53 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site 4 miles east of Dixon.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 34 mph, with a peak gust up to 57 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site 13 miles west of Platte.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 36 mph, with a peak gust up to 55 mph at the Automated Surface Observing System site KHON near Huron and 52 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Wolsey.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 35 mph, with a peak gust up to 48 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Lane.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 37 mph, with a peak gust up to 49 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site at Kimball.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 40 mph, with a peak gust up to 53 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site 5 miles west of Plankinton.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 39 mph, with a peak gust up to 51 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Corsica.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 37 mph, with a peak gust up to 51 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site 4 miles south of Arlington.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 39 mph, with a peak gust up to 50 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site 13 miles west of Ward.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 35 mph, with a peak gust up to 48 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Howard.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 39 mph, with a peak gust up to 51 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Forestburg.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 37 mph, with a peak gust up to 54 mph at the South Dakota Road Weather Information System site near Alexandria.
Strong southerly winds reached a sustained 30 to 35 mph, with a peak gust up to 44 mph at the Automated Weather Observing System site KBKX in Brookings.
Strong southerly winds were sustained at 30 to 35 mph, with a peak wind of 61 mph measured at the Automated Surface Observing System site KMHE 3 miles north of Mitchell.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in South Dakota in 2024Every state in 2024This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2024
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1169572, 1169571, 1169555, 1169566, 1169567, 1169568, 1169570, 1169557, 1169563, 1169564, 1169565, 1169569, 1169562, 1169556.