ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Early this morning, severe storms ripped through northeast South Dakota started in Hyde County and moved northeast through Hand, Spink, Brown, Marshall, and Day counties.
The National Weather Service office in Aberdeen reported that following:
131 mph wind gust at 6:15 am 4 miles southwest of Holabird.
131 mph wind gust at 6:20 am 1 miles west of Highmore.
Pictures show widespread damage across Highmore, including trees uprooted and snapped, damage to buildings and dented grain bin, knocked over farm items and trailers, and broken power poles.
112 mph wind gust with power lines down at 6:34 am near Ree Heights.
74 mph wind gust at 6:45 am at Miller.
70 mph wind gust with reports of a garage lost and damage to outbuilding at 6:49 am near Polo.
84 mph wind gust at 6:58 am 5 miles east of Orient.
80 mph wind gust at 7:05 am 6 miles south of Rockham.
84 mph wind gust at 7:21 am 5 miles northwest of Redfield(Spink County Horse Show scheduled today ppd to next Monday)
Tornadoes reported near Andover at 8:01 am and Pierpont at 8:13 am. Facebook has picture and video of the Andover tornado.
56 mph wind gust 1 mile east of Bristol at 8:17 am with reports of power lines down near there.
At 8:33 am 1-2 inch diameter tree branches down near Webster.







