Home / South Dakota / Faulk

EF0 tornado in Faulk County, South Dakota

Tornado June 27, 2024 · Faulk County, South Dakota

EF0

Rating

0.5 mi

Path length

20 yd

Path width

EF0EF1EF2EF3EF4EF5Unrated

The path drawn at its surveyed width of 20 yards (0.01 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A tornado briefly touched down in a field, and was later confirmed by satellite.

The wider storm

A line of storms moved across central South Dakota during the late evening and early overnight hours. The storms mainly generated strong winds, with observed gusts as high as 74 mph. These thunderstorm winds were responsible for damaging a pole barn located 1 mile south of Highmore. Additionally, a farmer later indicated that a tornado had touched down in an open field, which was confirmed by satellite data.

Began near Onaka (45.1561, -99.5117).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1200802. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

Tornadoes near your address

See every tornado that passed near a place you know, measured to its path.