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Critical Fire Weather in the High Plains; Heavy Snow in the Western Mountains and Northern Plains

Gusty winds and low relative humidity will bring critical fire weather to the central and southern High Plains Wednesday. Two Pacific storms will continue impacting the mountains of the western U.S. into Thursday with gusty winds and heavy snow. Heavy snow and gusty winds will continue to impact the northern Plains into the central Great Lakes Wednesday. Read More >

Weather History Archive

Weather History - June 9th

June 9th, 1957:

Southwest of Faulkton, one of four funnel clouds finally touched down and cut an unusual path to the northeast. The estimated F3 tornado reduced one home to "matchsticks and tidbits."

June 9th, 1968:

A brief F2 tornado moved northeast from 6 miles northeast of Britton, destroying barns and uprooting trees on three farms. The tornado picked up two cars and tossed them into a ditch. One person in a vehicle was hospitalized. Damage was estimated at $150,000 to property and another $80,000 to crops.

June 9th, 1972:

A steady flow of warm, moist air near the surface fed storms and anchored them against the Black Hills for six to eight hours. A flash flood killed 238 people in the Rapid City area after as much as fifteen inches of rain had fallen over the eastern Black Hills.