Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Rapid City, SD

August 26, 2002Meade County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 26, 2002, 1:27 PM MDT for Meade County, South Dakota. It was in force for 63 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, 1:27 PM MDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2002, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Meade County, SD

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 26, 2:15 PM MDTHail 1.5Elm Spgs, SD
Aug 26, 2:30 PM MDTHail 4.5Elm Spgs, SDSoftball sized hail fell south of Elm Springs. The hail fell on open pasture and no damage or injuries were reported.

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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 26, 12:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

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 26, 10:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 10:30 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1030 AM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES LOW OVER ERN CO WITH INVERTED TROF
EXTENDING N OVER WRN SD. KUDX RADAR INDC SCT TSTMS OVER CENRAL SD
ZONES MAINLY ALONG TROF AXIS. ONLY CLOUDS ON SATELLITE ARE ASSOC
WITH TSTMS.

CURRENT FORECAST ON TRACK. HAVE UPDATED TO FRESHEN WORDING ON
ON-GOING PRECIP. REST OF PACKAGE LOOKS GOOD.

.UNR...NONE
99

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 26, 12:47 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1247 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1116 AM    3 E WANBLEE               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

1204 PM    MARTIN                    SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   BENNETT

1229 PM    5 W MAURINE               SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   PERKINS                        HAIL NEAR THE
                                          MEADE/PERKINS COUNTY LINE
Local storm report, Aug 26, 12:59 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TO WHICH COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1259 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1229 PM    5 W MAURINE               SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   MEADE                          HAIL NEAR THE
                                          MEADE/PERKINS COUNTY LINE
Local storm report, Aug 26, 1:23 PM MDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
123 PM MDT MON AUG 26 2002

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1223 PM    6 N HOWES                 SD   .75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   MEADE

1223 PM    9 SW BIXBY                SD   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   PERKINS                        RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAIN

0100 PM    MAURINE                   SD   1 INCH HAIL
08/26/02   MEADE                          GROUND WAS WHITE WITH
                                          QUARTER SIZED HAIL. A
                                          FEW DRIFTS OF HAIL WERE
                                          ALSO NOTED. REPORTED BY
                                          PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRButte59 min
Aug 25, 10:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon49 min
Aug 26, 12:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Mellette42 min
Aug 26, 12:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMellette56 min
Aug 26, 1:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTripp55 min
Aug 26, 1:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMellette66 min
Aug 26, 2:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRTripp47 min
Aug 26, 6:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett59 min
Aug 26, 9:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon64 min
Aug 26, 11:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Mellette59 min
Aug 26, 11:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins62 min
Aug 26, 11:38 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett67 min
Aug 26, 12:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade42 min
Aug 26, 12:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins64 min
Aug 26, 12:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade50 min
Aug 26, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington55 min
Aug 26, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade35 min
Aug 26, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington63 min
Aug 26, 3:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster63 min
Aug 26, 4:18 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRCuster42 min
Aug 26, 4:18 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRCuster42 min
Aug 26, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River60 min
Aug 26, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data.