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High Wind in Hughes, South Dakota
High Wind July 26, 2025 · Hughes, South Dakota
What the National Weather Service wrote
A heat burst from a decaying thunderstorm produced a 68 mph gust at the Pierre Regional Airport Automatic Surface Observing System (ASOS).
The wider storm
Scattered thunderstorms developed in the late afternoon and evening, producing large hail and high winds. A peak gust of 76 mph measured at the South Dakota Department of Transportation Road Weather Information Station (SDDOT RWIS) 17 miles west of the town of Polo, and 72 mph on the SDDOT RWIS 9 miles north northwest of Vivian.
As storms dissipated they generated several heat bursts in which temperatures increased by 3 to 8 degrees and dewpoints dropped by as much as 20 degrees. There were multiple reports of strong winds associated with these heat bursts across central and north-central South Dakota.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1268649. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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