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Flash Flood — Hand, SD

Jun 21, 2013

A strong warm front along with very unstable air and strong deep layer winds brought several supercell thunderstorns along with a damaging line of thunderstorms/bow echo to parts of central and northeast South Dakota during the afternoon hours. Damaging winds up to 90 mph uprooted large trees and caused considerable structural and crop damage and loss of power to those in it's path. The worst wind damage was located at Lake Poinsett, Watertown, and Milbank. A woman was killed and her husband w

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 462472). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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