A rare particularly dangerous situation alert was sent out by the National Weather Service (NWS) for parts of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and South Dakota Thursday afternoon.
Widespread damaging winds including gusts up to 105 MPH are expected.
There have been over 200 reports of wind damage to the NWS already. See: Disaster Dashboard Incident Command
Here are some of the images from the storm so far. Most are out of Sioux Falls.
63 mph wind gust here at the office shortly after 4 pm, but many reports of 80+ mph across the region with significant structural damage and trees down!! Please let us know what happened in your area. pic.twitter.com/WlkOg1L2ED
— NWS Sioux Falls (@NWSSiouxFalls) May 13, 2022
Dramatic live coverage from KELO-TV in Sioux Falls, SD, where power flashes can be seen near downtown moments before the station’s feed goes dark.
— Sam Sagnella (@SamSagnella) May 12, 2022
Widespread 90mph+ gusts have been observed with these dangerous storms. #SDwx #SiouxFalls https://t.co/GIXdWOPbwJ pic.twitter.com/3aDYBip8PU
@Argus911 Great Shots pic.twitter.com/btbltL0aoQ
— Kevin Tupy (@zwireless) May 12, 2022
Sioux Falls rn pic.twitter.com/D4FmiaYJ80
— jawn (@yawngregg) May 12, 2022
7 miles east of Lake Preston on US14 barn destroyed debris across the highway @NWSSiouxFalls #SDWX pic.twitter.com/MZ0wQP7NoH
— Stephen Szulborski ?? (@Stebo_Wx) May 12, 2022
Incredible to see a dust storm (haboob) in May reach all the way to Interstate 29 — including in Sioux Falls, S.D., where widespread 70-90 mph gusts accompanied the storms!
— Matthew Cappucci (@MatthewCappucci) May 13, 2022
We’ll break down how it happened tomorrow in @MyRadarWX. https://t.co/v107xNuynz
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