High Winds Hammer the Pierre Area

A storm with wind gusts exceeding 80mph blew through central South Dakota early Sunday morning.

Ryan Vipond is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Aberdeen…

Vipond says preliminary information shows there was no rotation in the storm, just strong wind.

High winds destroy sign at a local hotel in Pierre (Photo Courtesy Dakota Radio Group)

He says the storm started in the Corson and Dewey County areas, then traveled south and east.