Thunderstorm Wind — Minnehaha, South Dakota

2015-06-22 · near Garretson, Minnehaha, South Dakota

Event narrative

Thunderstorm winds estimated at 100 mph caused widespread damage to trees and power lines and damaged several homes. Many trees were blown over or completely uprooted. At least one house was completely destroyed, and others had parts of their roofs blown off. Windows were broken and a large camper was rolled several times and torn apart. Other vehicles were damaged, some severely by garage debris or falling trees. Grandstands at a baseball field were damaged. At least one barn and several silos and smaller structures at area farms were destroyed. The elevator in town was severely damaged. No injuries were reported.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms caused damaging winds at numerous locations in southeast South Dakota before sunrise on the morning of June 22nd. Some of the winds spread away from the storms, still at damaging levels despite no longer being directly connected with the storms.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 583107. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.