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EF2 tornado in Jerauld County, South Dakota

Tornado June 18, 2014 · Jerauld County, South Dakota

EF2

Rating

0.8 mi

Path length

100 yd

Path width

$20K

Damage as recorded

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 100 yards (0.06 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 destroyed a farm building and caused tree damage, with trees splintered and debarked.

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 Crow Lake (44.0635, -98.8025).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

EF4 Jerauld County EF2 Jerauld County EF2 Jerauld County EF1 Jerauld County EF1 Jerauld County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 524721. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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