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Areas of Hazardous Weather This Weekend

A series of cold fronts from North Pacific storms will bring periods of gusty winds, low elevation rainfall, and high elevation snow to the Pacific Northwest this weekend into next week. Heavy to excessive rainfall may produce areas of flooding over southern Texas this weekend. Read More >

Weather History Archive

Weather History - May 31st


May 31st, 1960:
A late evening thunderstorm cut a path of destruction, principally from high winds from Beadle County, northeast to Roberts and Grant Counties. Twelve heads of cattle were electrocuted for a downed tension wire that occurred at Wolsey. Winds with 65 to 75 mph gusts were observed at Huron and Watertown. A grain elevator tipped over, and a windmill was destroyed near Willow Lake.  The winds at Hayti blew over a steel corn crib and damaged other farm buildings and implements.