F0 tornado in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

Tornado June 4, 1999 · Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

Rating

14.0 mi

Whole path

75 yd

Path width

$50K

Damage as recorded

NOAA records this tornado county by county. Its path ran through Oglala Lakota County → Jackson County; the totals above are for the whole tornado.

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The path drawn at its surveyed width of 75 yards (0.04 mi) — zoom in and the swath grows to true scale. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What F0 means. This tornado was rated on Fujita’s original scale, used until 2007. F0 meant light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken; the scale paired it with winds of 40–72 mph, figures later judged too high, especially toward the top of the scale, and revised downward in the Enhanced Fujita scale. Ratings then, as now, came from the damage.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Three mobile homes destroyed. This tornado moved into Jackson County before dissipating. Path width and length estimated from law enforcement report.

Began near Kyle (43.3700, -102.2500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

F2 Oglala Lakota County 1 dead F2 Oglala Lakota County F1 Harding County F1 Lawrence County F0 Tripp County F0 Bennett County F0 Bennett County F0 Bennett County F0 Bennett County F0 Oglala Lakota County F0 Oglala Lakota County F0 Todd County F0 Todd County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5709558. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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