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Strong to Severe Thunderstorms on July 16, 2016

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Overview

Two large areas of thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of Saturday, July 16th. Initial thunderstorm development took place across portions of eastern South Dakota and western Minnesota, dropping southward along the Buffalo Ridge region during the late evening hours. The second area of storms entered the local area from the West, first developing across parts of the Black Hills region. These two systems produced strong damaging winds, some large hail, and torrential rainfall. One storm that passed near Clark, SD and then dropped through the Lake Poinsett area produced a tornado near Clark. Strong damaging winds moving through the Lake Poinsett and Volga areas toppled several campers and many large trees.

As storms from the West moved into the region, they had a tendency to produce widespread 40 to 60 mph winds. In some locations, very localized bursts of stronger winds produced damage, including in the areas of Canton, SD and near George, IA.

Heavy rainfall was also a major threat for portions of southwest Minnesota and adjacent areas of Iowa. 3 to 5 inches of rain fell along the Buffalo Ridge, producing flooding and flash flooding in a few locations. Flash flood warnings were issued in several locations.

These storms were also prolific lightning producers, damaging several trees. In fact, as storms approached the midnight hour, nearly 14,000 lightning pulses were detected within a 15 minute period across the Tri-State area.

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Animation of Storms July 16-17, 2016
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Peak Wind Gusts Reported Regional Severe and Tornado Warnings Regional Flash Flood Warnings

 

Storm Reports

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Local Storm Reports - Local Version Local Storm Reports - Regional Version

 

Report Time County Location ST Event Type Mag. Source Remark
Sun Jul 17 2016 02:50:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Kingsbury 5 NE Badger SD TSTM WND GST 70 public social media report.
Sun Jul 17 2016 03:21:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Brookings 8 ENE Badger SD FUNNEL CLOUD 0 trained spotter funnel halfway to ground...report from spotter 1 n of oakwood state park.
Sun Jul 17 2016 03:36:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Lyon Russell MN HAIL 0.75 trained spotter .
Sun Jul 17 2016 03:50:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Brookings 7 NNW Bruce SD HAIL 1 trained spotter social media report.
Sun Jul 17 2016 03:55:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Brookings Volga SD TSTM WND DMG 0 law enforcement tree down in volga...time estimated from radar.
Sun Jul 17 2016 03:55:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Cottonwood 6 NNW Mountain Lake MN HAIL 0.75 trained spotter .
Sun Jul 17 2016 04:21:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Hutchinson Parkston SD TSTM WND GST 67 mesonet sdsu site.
Sun Jul 17 2016 04:45:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Murray 3 SSW Garvin MN TSTM WND DMG 0 public 4 inch branches down
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:04:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Turner Parker SD TSTM WND DMG 0 emergency mngr roof blown off building...time estimated from radar.
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:08:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Turner Viborg SD TSTM WND DMG 0 emergency mngr 3 inch diameter tree branch down...time estimated from radar.
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:14:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Turner Centerville SD TSTM WND DMG 0 emergency mngr 4 to 6 inch diameter tree branches down...time estimated from radar.
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:20:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Lincoln Tea SD TSTM WND DMG 0 public metal stop sign pole snapped...social media report...time estimated from radar.
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:30:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Lincoln 1 W Canton SD TSTM WND DMG 0 public report and photos of large tree damage in portions of canton. minor shingle damage.
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:30:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Lincoln Lake Benton MN HEAVY RAIN 2.84 co-op observer 2.84 inches in under 3 hours.
Sun Jul 17 2016 05:33:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Lyon Tracy MN FLASH FLOOD 0 amateur radio water above street curbs...fire department barricading flooded streets.
Sun Jul 17 2016 06:08:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Lyon 4 NW Matlock IA TSTM WND DMG 0 public reports of tree and crop damage. also damage to machine shed structure. report from social media. .
Sun Jul 17 2016 07:00:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Murray 3 SSW Garvin MN HEAVY RAIN 5.6 public storm total rainfall
Sun Jul 17 2016 07:02:00 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Buena Vista 2 E Linn Grove IA TSTM WND DMG 0 public 3 empty grain silos moved off their footings and numerous trees uprooted .

Rain Reports

24 Hour Observed Precipitation Totals Detailed  24 Hour Precipitation Totals

 

Station Name County  State Provider   Precipitation (inches)
Redwood Rvr Lyon  MN GOES   4.9
Windom Muni Airport Cottonwood  MN AWOS   4.14
Tracy Airport Lyon  MN AWOS   4.08
Storden Cottonwood  MN COCORAHS 3.65
1 ESE White Brookings  SD COCORAHS 3.23
1 SW Comfrey Cottonwood  MN COCORAHS 3.22
2 WNW Windom Cottonwood  MN HADS   3.06
Jackson Airport Jackson  MN AWOS   2.9
Lake Benton Lincoln  MN UCOOP   2.84
1 SW White Brookings  SD COCORAHS 2.75
Jackson Jackson  MN USGS   2.72
2 NNE Heron Lake Jackson  MN COCORAHS 2.71
2 W Arco Lincoln  MN CWOP   2.7
White 0.4 WNW Brookings  SD COCORAHS 2.69
Marshall Lyon  MN COOP   2.57
Marshall Lyon  MN CWOP   2.54
Marshall 0.6 S Lyon  MN COCORAHS 2.44
Aurora 7.5 N Brookings  SD COCORAHS 2.26
Spirit Lake Dickinson  IA GOES   2.01
Marshall Municipal-ryan Field Airport Lyon  MN AWOS   2
3 SW Toronto Brookings  SD COCORAHS 1.96
Lakefield Jackson  MN COOP   1.89
Marshall Lyon  MN GOES   1.81
Tyndall Bon Homme  SD COOP   1.73
3 S Tabor Bon Homme  SD COCORAHS 1.64
2 SE Astoria Brookings  SD COCORAHS 1.51
2 ENE Ghent Lyon  MN COCORAHS 1.44
Avoca Murray  MN UCOOP   1.4
Bruce Brookings  SD COCORAHS 1.36
2 WSW Lakeside Buena Vista  IA COCORAHS 1.36
2 SE Yankton Yankton  SD COOP   1.31
1 W Gayville Yankton  SD COCORAHS 1.3
Minneota Lyon  MN CWOP   1.29
5 N Brookings Brookings  SD COCORAHS 1.28
Spirit Lake Dickinson  IA CWOP   1.26
Yankton Chan Gurney Municipal Airport Yankton  SD AWOS   1.2
Garretson 4.2 SSE Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 1.19
Alta Buena Vista  IA COCORAHS 1.15
Worthington Airport Nobles  MN AWOS   1.12
1 NNE Vermillion Clay  SD COCORAHS 1.12
Wagner Charles Mix  SD COCORAHS 1.08
2 NE Brookings Brookings  SD COOP   1.08
Brookings Municipal Airport Brookings  SD AWOS   1.08
1 NNE Round Lake Jackson  MN CWOP   1.01
3 SSE Tabor Bon Homme  SD COCORAHS 1
Storm Lake Airport Buena Vista  IA AWOS   0.96
Lake Wilson Murray  MN COOP   0.95
Pickstown Charles Mix  SD COOP   0.93
Volga Brookings  SD CWOP   0.92
2 N Vermillion Clay  SD HADS   0.83
Platte Charles Mix  SD CWOP   0.82
Lake Park Dickinson  IA COCORAHS 0.8
Millnerville Plymouth  IA UCOOP   0.78
1 E Platte Charles Mix  SD COCORAHS 0.78
Hornick Woodbury  IA HADS   0.78
Salem 5ne McCook  SD COOP   0.78
Linn Grove Buena Vista  IA HADS   0.77
4 SSE Westfield Plymouth  IA RAWS   0.76
Gregory 8.7 N Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.76
Slayton Municipal Airport Murray  MN AWOS   0.73
5 NW Montrose McCook  SD COCORAHS 0.7
1 S Brookings Brookings  SD COCORAHS 0.7
Parkston 6.5 WSW Hutchinson  SD COCORAHS 0.7
4 E Gregory Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.69
Brookings Brookings  SD COCORAHS 0.69
Brookings 0.8 ESE Brookings  SD COCORAHS 0.68
3 SSE Lake Park Dickinson  IA COCORAHS 0.68
1 SW Brookings Brookings  SD COCORAHS 0.68
Lake Andes Raws Charles Mix  SD RAWS   0.66
Cherokee Municipal Airport Cherokee  IA AWOS   0.6
Pipestone Pipestone  MN RAWS   0.59
2 W Westfield Union  SD COCORAHS 0.58
Remsen No. 2 Plymouth  IA COOP   0.58
2 NNW Le Mars Plymouth  IA CWOP   0.56
Sioux Gateway Airport Woodbury  IA ASOS   0.56
Bonesteel Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.54
2 NNE Cleghorn Cherokee  IA COCORAHS 0.54
Le Mars Plymouth  IA COCORAHS 0.54
7 WSW Dimock Douglas  SD COCORAHS 0.53
Armour 4.6 W Douglas  SD COCORAHS 0.53
Holstein Ida  IA COOP   0.53
Chamberlain Brule  SD COCORAHS 0.53
Holly Springs 1nw Woodbury  IA COOP   0.53
2 SSW Brookings Brookings  SD COCORAHS 0.53
Peterson Clay  IA COOP   0.52
Burke 2.4 NE Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.51
3 WSW Spencer Clay  IA HADS   0.5
12 NE Burke Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.49
Akron Plymouth  IA HADS   0.48
4 N Cleghorn Cherokee  IA COCORAHS 0.47
Springfield 7.6 WNW Bon Homme  SD COCORAHS 0.46
6 S Oacoma Brule  SD COCORAHS 0.45
1 NW Hartley O'Brien  IA CWOP   0.45
5 E Chester Moody  SD COCORAHS 0.45
4 ESE Delmont Hutchinson  SD COCORAHS 0.43
5 ESE Chester Moody  SD HADS   0.42
2 NE Crooks Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.42
Pipestone Pipestone  MN UCOOP   0.41
Luverne Rock  MN HADS   0.41
7 WSW Platte Charles Mix  SD HADS   0.41
Edgerton Pipestone  MN COCORAHS 0.4
Pipestone Pipestone  MN HADS   0.4
Montrose 2.4 E McCook  SD COCORAHS 0.39
Everly Clay  IA COCORAHS 0.38
4 SE Olivet Hutchinson  SD HADS   0.37
3 N Sioux City Woodbury  IA CWOP   0.36
6 ESE Baltic Minnehaha  SD GOES   0.36
Orange City Sioux  IA COOP   0.34
Spencer Municipal Airport Clay  IA ASOS   0.33
Sheldon O'Brien  IA COOP   0.33
4 S Marion Turner  SD COCORAHS 0.32
2 SE Sioux Center Sioux  IA COOP   0.32
4 W Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD CWOP   0.32
2 S Orange City Sioux  IA COCORAHS 0.31
3 WNW Everly Clay  IA COOP   0.31
Dell Rapids Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.31
5 NNW Tripp Hutchinson  SD COCORAHS 0.3
10 W Dimock Douglas  SD COCORAHS 0.3
Alton Sioux  IA HADS   0.3
4 SW Burke Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.27
Beresford Union  SD COCORAHS 0.27
8 S Brookings Moody  SD COCORAHS 0.27
Arlington 9.0 SSW Kingsbury  SD COCORAHS 0.27
6 SSE Mitchell Davison  SD COCORAHS 0.27
Herrick Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.26
5 ESE Baltic Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.25
2 SE Burke Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.25
Chamberlain Municipal Airport Brule  SD AWOS   0.25
Chamberlain 7.5 NNE Brule  SD COCORAHS 0.24
Sibley Osceola  IA COOP   0.24
2 ENE Hartford Minnehaha  SD HADS   0.24
7 WNW Colton Minnehaha  SD HADS   0.24
Butte Gregory  SD CWOP   0.23
Marion Turner  SD COCORAHS 0.23
2 NNW Sioux Center Sioux  IA COCORAHS 0.23
2 SSW Crooks Minnehaha  SD HADS   0.22
Oldham 0.9 E Kingsbury  SD COCORAHS 0.22
4 SE Pukwana Brule  SD COCORAHS 0.22
Chester 2n Lake  SD COOP   0.22
Sioux Center Sioux  IA CWOP   0.22
De Smet Kingsbury  SD COCORAHS 0.22
Sioux Falls 3ese  Minnehaha  SD UCOOP   0.21
Hudson 8.3 WNW Lincoln  SD COCORAHS 0.21
2 W Ethan Davison  SD COCORAHS 0.21
3 ESE Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.21
4 NNE Tea Minnehaha  SD CWOP   0.21
Sd Sioux Falls 14 NNE Minnehaha  SD GOES   0.21
3 SW Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.2
1 NE Rowena Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.2
Sioux Center Sioux  IA CWOP   0.2
Rock Rvr Rock  MN GOES   0.2
Marion Turner  SD COOP   0.19
Sheldon Airport O'Brien  IA AWOS   0.19
1 NNW Tea Lincoln  SD COCORAHS 0.19
3 W Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.18
5 SW Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD UCOOP   0.18
Luverne Airport Rock  MN AWOS   0.17
Huron Beadle  SD HADS   0.16
Sioux Falls Airport Minnehaha  SD ASOS   0.16
5 N Mt Vernon Davison  SD GOES   0.15
Mitchell Municipal Airport Davison  SD ASOS   0.15
8 S Dallas Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.15
3 W Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD HADS   0.15
Sioux Falls Nws  Minnehaha  SD COOP   0.15
Sioux Falls 3.4 WSW Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.14
1 SW Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.14
Wall Lake Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.13
2 NE Academy Charles Mix  SD COOP   0.13
Sioux Falls Oak View Library Minnehaha  SD UCOOP   0.13
4 S Sioux Falls Lincoln  SD COCORAHS 0.12
Plankinton 3.8 W Aurora  SD COCORAHS 0.12
Alexandria 6.4 N Hanson  SD COCORAHS 0.12
Sioux Falls 4.5 SSW Lincoln  SD COCORAHS 0.12
4 SSE Sioux Falls Lincoln  SD UCOOP   0.12
3 SSW Sioux Falls Lincoln  SD CWOP   0.12
Wall Lake Minnehaha  SD HADS   0.12
Sioux Falls Harmondon Park Minnehaha  SD UCOOP   0.1
4 SE Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD COCORAHS 0.1
Sioux Falls 4.1 SSE Lincoln  SD COCORAHS 0.09
Mitchell 1.1 N Davison  SD COCORAHS 0.09
1 SW Sioux City Dakota  NE HADS   0.09
3 NNE Parker Turner  SD HADS   0.09
2 E Madison Lake  SD COOP   0.08
Lake Preston 10.5 NNE Kingsbury  SD COCORAHS 0.08
Rock River Below Rock Rapids Lyon  IA UCOOP   0.08
2 SW Hubbard Dakota  NE COCORAHS 0.07
Flandreau Moody  SD UCOOP   0.07
1 NE Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD USARMY-COE 0.07
Hurley Turner  SD COCORAHS 0.07
7 WNW Naper Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.06
9 SSW Wessington Springs Jerauld  SD COCORAHS 0.06
3 SSW Sioux Falls Minnehaha  SD HADS   0.06
9 NNW Mills Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.06
Burke 10.5 SSE Gregory  SD COCORAHS 0.05
2 W Dovray Murray  MN MNDOT   0.05
Mitchell 5.3 WSW Davison  SD COCORAHS 0.05
Mitchell Davison  SD COOP   0.05
4 ENE Jeffers Cottonwood  MN MNDOT   0.03
Madison Airport Lake  SD AWOS   0.03
White Lake Aurora  SD COOP   0.03
3 S Hendricks Lincoln  MN MNDOT   0.02
Le Mars Airport Plymouth  IA AWOS   0.02
1 WNW Lake Benton Lincoln  MN MNDOT   0.02
1 S Huron Beadle  SD COCORAHS 0.02
3 SE Lakefield Jackson  MN MNDOT   0.02
Howard 5.3 W Miner  SD COCORAHS 0.01
Beaver Creek Rock  MN MNDOT   0.01
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