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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
534 PM CDT Thu Aug 29 2024

...NWS Damage Survey for 08/28/24 Tornado Event...

The following report is preliminary information from the damage survey.
Additional reports/accounts are being investigated.

.Campbell Tornado #1...

Rating:                 EF2
Estimated Peak Wind:    115 mph
Path Length /statute/:  2.06 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   150 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             08/28/2024
Start Time:             07:00 PM CDT
Start Location:         8 WSW Mound City / Campbell County / SD
Start Lat/Lon:          45.6715 / -100.2308

End Date:               08/28/2024
End Time:               07:10 PM CDT
End Location:           7 SW Mound City / Campbell County / SD
End Lat/Lon:            45.6612 / -100.1919

Survey Summary:
The tornado touched down in a soybean field just east of US
Highway 1804 and approximately 0.3 miles north of 119th St. As it
tracked east it toppled three electrical transmission towers. The
tornado skipped along in an east-southeast direction,
encountering a farmstead 0.5 miles east on 119th St. At this
location multiple trees were broken, snapped and uprooted. One
small shed was lifted, another shed the walls collapsed and a
machine shed had the doors blown out. The main house lost
windows. A tractor lost doors facing east and west but the front
and back windshields were intact. Additionally, a trailer was
rolled on the road and other small farm implements were destroyed
or moved. Hay bales were tossed and the last sign of a track was
noted in a corn field just south of the intersection of 119th St
and 300th Ave. Times are subject to radar and video review and
track is preliminary pending drone footage.

.Campbell Tornado #2...

Rating:                 EFU
Estimated Peak Wind:    None mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.29 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             08/28/2024
Start Time:             07:10 PM CDT
Start Location:         6 SW Mound City / Campbell County / SD
Start Lat/Lon:          45.6652 / -100.1644

End Date:               08/28/2024
End Time:               07:15 PM CDT
End Location:           6 SW Mound City / Campbell County / SD
End Lat/Lon:            45.6677 / -100.1596

Survey Summary:
A brief tornado crossed 119th street from southwest to northeast
between 301st and 302nd ave. The track was clearly seen through a
corn crop, but no other damage was evident. Times are subject to
radar and video review and track is preliminary pending drone
footage.

.Campbell Tornado #3...

Rating:                 EF1
Estimated Peak Wind:    87 mph
Path Length /statute/:  0.19 miles
Path Width /maximum/:   50 yards
Fatalities:             0
Injuries:               0

Start Date:             08/28/2024
Start Time:             07:20 PM CDT
Start Location:         6 SW Mound City / Campbell County / SD
Start Lat/Lon:          45.6688 / -100.1643

End Date:               08/28/2024
End Time:               07:25 PM CDT
End Location:           6 SW Mound City / Campbell County / SD
End Lat/Lon:            45.6662 / -100.1653

Survey Summary:
A brief tornado tracked from north northeast to south southwest,
damaging a farmstead. A tree was uprooted, silo dented and two shop
buildings lost roof panels and doors. Additionally, a house
trailer was rolled roughly 100 feet across 119th St, with debris tossed
into a corn field. Times are subject to radar and video review
and track is preliminary pending drone footage.

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EF Scale: The Enhanced Fujita Scale classifies tornadoes into the
following categories:

EF0.....65 to 85 mph
EF1.....86 to 110 mph
EF2.....111 to 135 mph
EF3.....136 to 165 mph
EF4.....166 to 200 mph
EF5.....>200 mph

NOTE:
The information in this statement is preliminary and subject to
change pending final review of the events and publication in
NWS Storm Data.


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