Tornado in Hutchinson County, South Dakota

Tornado July 31, 2024 · Hutchinson County, South Dakota

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Not rated

0.0 mi

Path length

10 yd

Path width

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

Not rated. NOAA lists no rating for this tornado. Ratings come from surveying damage, and the National Weather Service now records “EFU” (unknown) when a tornado hit nothing a survey team could rate.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A landspout was observed to very briefly touch down in an open field east of 415th Avenue and south of 287th Street. No damage was observed to indicate intensity.

The wider storm

A very moist and unstable atmosphere was present in the wake of earlier day convection, as another stronger mid-level wave and associated frontal boundary pushed through southeast South Dakota and southwest Minnesota during the evening and early overnight hours. Initial development of an isolated supercell in south central South Dakota resulted in hail up to 2 inches in diameter, but more widespread convection along the boundary later in the evening led to areas of damaging wind and excessive rainfall in east central South Dakota and southwest Minnesota. Rainfall was heaviest near the Brookings area with several gauge amounts of 4 to 8 inches around the city.

Indirect fatalities occurred when increasing wave action on an area lake associated with thunderstorm winds resulted in the drowning of two individuals.

Began near Kaylor (43.2200, -97.8900).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1206020. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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