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EF2 tornado in Jerauld County, South Dakota

Tornado June 18, 2014 · Jerauld County, South Dakota

EF2
Rating
2.2 mi
Path length
200 yd
Path width
1
Injury
$5.2M
Damage as recorded
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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 200 yards (0.11 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF2 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF2 is considerable damage: roofs torn off well-built houses, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, consistent with estimated gusts of 111–135 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 damaged at least 43 homes in Wessington Springs, making at least 26 of them uninhabitable. The tornado also destroyed at least 3 businesses and damaged 9 others. The tornado also caused considerable damage to power lines, power poles, and trees, resulting in power outages to the entire town. Vehicles and signs were also damaged. The damage included an estimated 1.2 million dollars in damage to public infrastructure. There were no reported fatalities and one minor injury. The tornado also caused an unknown amount of damage to corn and soybean crops.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms during the evening of June 18th produced tornadoes in Jerauld County, with one tornado crossing briefly into Beadle County. The tornadoes included one that caused severe damage to Wessington Springs. There was also a report of large hail.

Began near Wessington Spgs (44.0725, -98.5730).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

5 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF4 Jerauld CountyEF2 Jerauld CountyEF2 Jerauld CountyEF1 Jerauld CountyEF1 Jerauld County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 524716. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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