Alert archive / South Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2003, 4:14 PM MDT for Custer County, Fall River County, South Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 13, 2003, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2003, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD
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 Jun 13, 2:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 245 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2003 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS REVEALS HIGH PRESS OVER DAKOTAS WITH FLAT PRESS GRAD OVER CWFA. WINDS ARE GENERALLY LIGHT AND VARIABLE DESPITE WELL MIXED BNDRY LAYER WHICH COULD STILL PICK UP WINDS LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVE SD PLAINS. SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW SOME CU OVER NW SD AND WRN ND AS WELL AS TSTMS ANCHORED OVER THE BLACK HILLS AND BIG HORNS. KUDX RADAR INDC FEW STRONG TSTMS OVER THE BLACK HILLS MOVING LITTLE...BUT OCCASIONALLY PRODUCING DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL. 12 MODELS INITIALIZE VERY WELL AND SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 60 HOURS. MINOR DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ETA AND AVN WITH A CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER ERN MN SUNDAY IN THE 06Z RUN...WAS RESOLVED BY THE AVN COMING BACK INTO AGREEMENT AT 12Z. TONIGHT WILL SEE CONVECTIVE STORMS GENERALLY TIED TO TOPOGRAPHY. WILL ANTICIPATE SCT TSTMS COMING OFF THE BIG HORNS AS A WEAK SFC BOUNDARY MOVES ACROSS ERN MT/ERN WY. CONVECTION OVER BLACK HILLS WILL REMAIN NRLY STATIONARY...WITH AN OCCASIONAL STORM BREAKING FREE ALONG AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM A NEIGHBORING STORM AND AFFECTING THE SD PLAINS. EXPECT MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH WITH LOSS OF HEATING. HAVE GONE WITH SCT TSTMS NE WY AND BLACK HILLS WITH ISOLD WORDING WRN SD PLAINS. UPPER PATTERN THOUGH DAY 7 WILL SEE SPLIT FLOW OVER THE CENT U.S....WITH GENERALLY WEAK RIDGING OVER LEE ROCKIES/WRN EDGE OF NRN PLAINS. PERIODIC WEAK S/WVS WILL MOVE OVER THE NRN PLAINS AND THROUGH THIS RIDGE. DONT SEE ANY PARTICULARLY STRONG WAVES...HOWEVER GOOD DIFFLUENCE OVER ERN ZONES WILL SUPPORT WEAK WAVES ENHANCING DIURNAL CONVECTION. WILL CARRY DAILY CHC POPS FOR MAINLY AFTERNOON/EVE SHRA/TSTMS AS STEEP LAPSE RATES AND ADEQUATE MOISTURE HANG AROUND THROUGH THE FORECAST PERIODS. GOOD SFC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CWFA WEDNESDAY...COOLING TEMPS A BIT WED AND KEEPING THU PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY DRY DAY IN THE FORECAST. WILL ALSO SEE LOW-LEVEL THERMAL RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE REGION. WILL SEE TEMPS INTO THE 80S...EXCEPT FOR WED WITH CAA. MODEL GUIDANCE SHOWS GOOD AGREEMENT AND LOOKS REASONABLE. HAVE NOT VEERED MUCH. .UNR...NONE. 99
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 6:37 AM MDT, 9 hours 37 minutes before
SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-141300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 637 AM MDT FRI JUN 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING FROM NORTHEASTERN WYOMING INTO SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AS THE ATMOSPHERE BECOMES MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON...SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP FROM NORTHEASTERN WYOMING THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE...BUT SOME MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME OF THE STORMS THAT DEVELOP MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN... ESPECIALLY OVER THE BLACK HILLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MAINLY AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ASSISTANCE MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...AND IN AND AROUND THE BLACK HILLS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 13, 1:56 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 1:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer | 51 min |
| Jun 13, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Jun 13, 2:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer | 57 min |
| Jun 13, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer | 59 min |
| Jun 13, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 38 min |
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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.