Re-Post From Last Night

We've had a lot of people wanting to see a combination of a couple different posts on our KDLT Weather Blog from Tuesday... here is that combo:

From Tuesday night:

It's been a busy night here in the KDLT Weather Center... we've seen numerous tornado warnings, as well as plenty of severe thunderstorm warnings and several batches of just standard thunderstorms moving through the area - but most of these have added up to a non-standard night, with wind damage, hail damage, and flash flooding around the area.

This video was from my personal digital camera as I watched the storms come into the area. You can see a pretty ominous picture from the clouds to the strong winds.

We've seen several reports now of standing water on 57th street in Sioux Falls, as well as a viewer report that their windshield was cracked by large hail on the north side of town. Something else you might see tonight are downed tree limbs. This is one we shot just outside of the station...


Something else you might have seen tonight would be flash flooding... this was another picture showing some flooding along Westport Ave.

We have more viewer pictures that have been coming in, and we'll be posting those in between tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, so stay tuned!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer

And the second post, with viewer pictures:
We'll be compiling all of them on our Facebook page for KDLT Weather once the storms are over (likely either Wednesday or Thursday) - but most of them will end up here as well.

That image above was from Layne Larson.


These two were from Kristyn Boyd in Sioux Falls. You can see the storm coming in the first one - and the storm in the side view mirror in the second. Thanks for those pictures Kristyn!


This picture above is from the Swansons in southern Sioux Falls. This was near 85th and Grange, and you can see why we suggest that you don't try to drive through flooded roads. Not a good idea - not only can you get into an accident - you can stall out as well. That's what happened to this unfortunate driver.

We'll update if necessary - but for now have a good night!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer

That's it for now! We are still planning on posting pictures to our KDLT Weather Facebook page... so check out that link to the right to see that!