Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2002, 12:18 AM MDT for Jackson County, Mellette County, South Dakota. It was in force for 42 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2002, 12:18 AM MDT (06:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2002, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Jackson County, SD, Mellette County, SD
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:20 AM MDT | Hail 0.88 | Belvidere, SD | |
| Aug 26, 12:45 AM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Cedar Butte, SD |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 25, 8:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 8:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 830 PM MDT SUN AUG 25 2002 WEAK WAVE SPARKING OFF MARGINALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWA THIS EVENING. LOW LEVEL JET IS ANTICIPATED TO INCREASE LATER THIS EVENING ADVECTING IN LOWER TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE CWA...AND KEEPING THE ATMOSPHERE QUITE UNSTABLE AND KEEPING THE POSSIBLITY OF THUNDER IN THAT AREA. STORMS CURRENTLY OVER NW SOUTH DAKOTA ARE ANTICIPATED TO CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST ALONG A MODERATE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...WITH SOME SEVERE POSSIBLE AS THEY START TO TAP GREATER SURFACE MOISTURE TO THE EAST. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE ZONES TO CLEAN UP PRCP WORDING. .UNR...NONE KLIMOWSKI
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 25, 7:26 PM MDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
726 PM MDT SUN AUG 25 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0605 PM 15 N HULETT WY .75 INCH HAIL
08/25/02 CROOK REPORTED BY PUBLIC.Local storm report, Aug 25, 8:07 PM MDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
807 PM MDT SUN AUG 25 2002
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0715 PM 17 NNE BELLE FOURCHE SD 60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/25/02 BUTTE REPORTED BY PUBLIC.The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Butte | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 12:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette | 56 min |
| Aug 26, 1:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 55 min |
| Aug 26, 1:39 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette | 66 min |
| Aug 26, 2:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Tripp | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 6:31 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 9:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon | 64 min |
| Aug 26, 11:01 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Jackson, Mellette | 59 min |
| Aug 26, 11:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 62 min |
| Aug 26, 11:38 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett | 67 min |
| Aug 26, 12:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 12:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 64 min |
| Aug 26, 12:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 50 min |
| Aug 26, 1:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 55 min |
| Aug 26, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 35 min |
| Aug 26, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Pennington | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer | 63 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Custer | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Custer | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 60 min |
| Aug 26, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.