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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 4, 1999

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 4, 1999, 7:52 PM CDT. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1999, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1999, 8:40 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Whole counties

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this tornado warning went out at Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 4, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		46 min
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR		36 min
Jun 4, 8:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR		4 hr
Jun 4, 8:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR		44 min
Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Jackson	59 min
Jun 4, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson	30 min
Jun 4, 9:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Jackson	46 min
Jun 4, 9:40 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	UNR	Jackson	4 hr
Jun 4, 9:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson	68 min
Jun 4, 10:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Tripp	47 min
Jun 4, 10:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Tripp	50 min
Jun 5, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	31 min
Jun 5, 6:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Bennett	51 min
Jun 5, 6:20 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR		65 min
Jun 5, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Crook, Weston	49 min
Jun 5, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Crook, Weston	34 min
Jun 5, 4:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Campbell	48 min
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Crook	46 min
Jun 5, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell	48 min
Jun 5, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Crook	46 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.