High Wind, Harding
- When
- September 29, 11:30 PM MST to September 30, 1:30 AM MST
- Where
- Harding forecast zone
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 45.580, -103.496 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in South Dakota, September 29 to 30, 2024
A passing cold front brought a relatively brief period of strong northwesterly winds during the overnight hours. A few wind gusts of near or above 60 mph were recorded across the northwest and west central South Dakota plains.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
A passing cold front brought a relatively brief period of strong northwesterly winds during the overnight hours. A few wind gusts of near or above 60 mph were recorded across the northwest and west central South Dakota plains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Pennington Co Plains
- When
- September 30, 2:00 AM MST to 3:30 AM MST
- Where
- Pennington Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- ASOS
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -102.824 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Northern Meade Co Plains
- When
- September 30, 4:30 AM MST to 5:30 AM MST
- Where
- Northern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Southern Meade Co Plains
- When
- September 30, 4:30 AM MST to 5:30 AM MST
- Where
- Southern Meade Co Plains forecast zone
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph) measured gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 44.567, -102.717 (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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Virginia, September 29 to 30, 2024
- Damaging Winds in Utah, September 29, 2024
- High Wind in Montana, September 29 to 30, 2024
- Heat in Wyoming, September 29, 2024
- Dust Storm in Washington, September 29, 2024
- Damaging Wind and High Wind in Montana, September 29, 2024
- Flood in West Virginia, September 29 to 30, 2024
- Dust Storm in Idaho, September 29, 2024
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, September 29, 2024
- Damaging Wind in Utah, September 29, 2024
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1208900, 1208902, 1208901, 1208903.