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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 2, 2002

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2002, 11:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2002, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2002, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 11:10 PM CDTHail 1Kyle, 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 82 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2002-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 126 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2002-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-396 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

557 
WUUS53 KUNR 030405
SVRRAP
SDC113-030445-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1005 PM MDT SUN JUN 2 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY SD HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SHANNON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 1045 PM MDT

* AT 1001 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF SHARPS CORNER...OR ABOUT 23
  MILES NORTH OF PINE RIDGE...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED...
  SHARPS CORNER AROUND 1010 PM MDT...
  KYLE AROUND 1025 PM MDT...

LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. SEEK A
STURDY SHELTER AND AVOID WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM PASSES.

LAT...LON 4351 10263 4326 10257 4320 10213 4348 10213
          4347 10215 4368 10216

BAILEY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 9:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River58 min
Jun 2, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Fall River45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.