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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
150 PM MDT MON MAY 5 2025 /250 PM CDT MON MAY 5 2025/
...NWS DAMAGE SURVEY FOR 04/28/25 TORNADO EVENT TODD COUNTY
UPDATE #1...
SURVEY AND PUBLIC REPORTS FOUND ENOUGH EVIDENCE OF AN ADDITIONAL
TOUCHDOWN NORTH OF MISSION, SD.
DURING THE EARLY MORNING OF APRIL 28, A QUASI-LINEAR CONVECTIVE
SYSTEM (QLCS), MOVED THROUGH TODD COUNTY AND PRODUCED A TORNADO
AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT-LINE WINDS THAT IMPACTED ST. FRANCIS AND
ROSEBUD, WITH ANOTHER SPIN-UP IMPACTING A HOMESTEAD NEAR MISSION.
ST. FRANCIS TORNADO
RATING: EF1
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 98 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 13.75 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 255 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 6
START DATE: 04/28/2025
START TIME: 12:31 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 2 SE SPRING CREEK / TODD COUNTY / SD
START LAT/LON: 43.1018 / -100.9862
END DATE: 04/28/2025
END TIME: 12:48 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 2 NNE ROSEBUD / TODD COUNTY / SD
END LAT/LON: 43.2638 / -100.8459
SURVEY SUMMARY:
THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN 2 MILES SE OF SPRING CREEK JUST SOUTH OF
BIA ROUTE #30 AND REMAINED OVER OPEN FIELD. THE TORNADO TRACKED TO
THE EAST-NORTHEAST WHERE IT DESTROYED AN OUTBUILDING THAT WAS
BUILT WITH HEAVY WOOD AND ANCHORED TO A CEMENT SLAB. THE
OUTBUILDING CONTENTS WHERE THROWN SOME 50YDS TO EAST UP A HILL.
THE TORNADO CROSSED BIA ROUTE #30 WHERE IT STRENGTHENED,
DESTROYING A SINGLE WIDE MOBILE HOME. THE UNDERCARRIAGE OF THE
MOBILE HOME WAS TOSSED AND CRUMPLED 100YDS FROM ITS FOUNDATION.
ALL WALLS WHERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED AND THE CONTENTS OF THE HOME
WERE THROWN TO THE NORTH TO NORTHEAST. THE TORNADO THEN MOVED
BACK INTO MOSTLY OPEN TERRAIN BEFORE ENCOUNTERING SOME TREES AND
POWER POLES JUST TO THE SOUTHWEST OF ST. FRANCIS. THE CIRCULATION
THEN MOVED INTO ST. FRANCIS CAUSING SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE WITH
TREES BOTH UPROOTED AND SOME TREES NEAR THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAD
THEIR TRUNKS SNAPPED AT THE BASE. AS THE TORNADO PASSED THROUGH
THE WEST SIDE OF ST. FRANCIS IT CAUSED SIGNIFICANT ROOF DAMAGE TO
THE COMMUNITY CENTER AND AN ELDERLY LIVING FACILITY. THE TORNADO
BEGAN TO WEAKEN SLIGHTLY AS IT EXITED ST. FRANCIS AND BEGAN TO
MOVE MORE TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST AND BACK OVER OPEN TERRAIN.
THE TORNADO PRODUCED ITS LAST DAMAGE IN ROSEBUD WITH THE WATER
SUPPLY CENTER AND THE ADJACENT STORAGE FACILITY RECEIVING
SIGNFICANT ROOF DAMAGE WITH THE ROOFS BEING THROWN TOWARD THE WEST
TO SOUTHWEST. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED 2 MILES NORTH OF ROSEBUD.
MISSION TORNADO
RATING: EF0
ESTIMATED PEAK WIND: 81 MPH
PATH LENGTH /STATUTE/: 0.05 MILES
PATH WIDTH /MAXIMUM/: 40 YARDS
FATALITIES: 0
INJURIES: 0
START DATE: 04/28/2025
START TIME: 12:56 AM CDT
START LOCATION: 5 N MISSION / TODD COUNTY / SD
START LAT/LON: 43.3778 / -100.6511
END DATE: 05/05/2025
END TIME: 12:57 AM CDT
END LOCATION: 5 N MISSION / TODD COUNTY / SD
END LAT/LON: 43.3784 / -100.6505
SURVEY SUMMARY:
A BRIEF SPIN-UP TOUCHED DOWN AND PRODUCED EF0 DAMAGE TO A
HOMESTEAD 7 MILES NORTH OF MISSION. A MOBILE HOME LOST ALL OF ITS
ROOF AND ITS NORTH FACING WALL WHILE THE MAIN HOME ON THE PROPERTY
SUFFERED MAJOR ROOF DAMAGE WITH MOST OF THE CONTENTS FROM THE HOME
THROWN BACK TO THE WEST. OTHER OUTBUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY
SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.
EF SCALE: THE ENHANCED FUJITA SCALE CLASSIFIES TORNADOES INTO THE
FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
EF0.....65 TO 85 MPH
EF1.....86 TO 110 MPH
EF2.....111 TO 135 MPH
EF3.....136 TO 165 MPH
EF4.....166 TO 200 MPH
EF5.....>200 MPH
NOTE:
THE INFORMATION IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY AND SUBJECT TO
CHANGE PENDING FINAL REVIEW OF THE EVENTS AND PUBLICATION IN
NWS STORM DATA.
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