Thunderstorm Wind — Perkins, South Dakota

2025-06-15 · near Lodgepole, Perkins, South Dakota

Event narrative

SD mesonet recorded wind gust.

Wider weather episode

A cluster of individual storms brought hail and damaging winds to the Black Hills before consolidating into a liner storm mode. This squall line tracked across western South Dakota and into central South Dakota and along its path produced numerous reports of damaging straight-line winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1273296. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.