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Monitoring Tsunami Impacts Across the Pacific; Air Quality Concerns; Dangerous Heat; Critical Fire Weather for the West

Tsunami impacts continue for portions of the Pacific basin. Wildfire smoke causes unhealthy air in Midwest to Great Lakes. Heat dome spans Mississippi Valley to Mid-Atlantic with excessive heat warnings and advisories. Critical fire weather in Great Basin to Pacific Northwest (dry thunderstorms). Cold front spawns severe storms/heavy rain in Central U.S. today, shifts to East Coast Thursday. Read More >

Overview

During the afternoon of July 29, 2018, an intense thunderstorm over northeast and east-central Oglala Lakota County produced a brief tornado and significant straight-line wind damage. The tornado developed about 6.5 miles south of Kyle, SD in a small grove of trees off American Horse Creek Road. The tops of trees were twisted and broken off. The highest winds of the tornado were estimated to be 80 mph, which gives it a rating of EF-0.

In addition, straight-line winds severely damaged several houses southwest of Kyle, with one house being completely destroyed. Estimated wind speeds there were as high as 120 mph. 

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3 SW Kyle

(NWS Storm Survey)

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