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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 15, 2003Bennett County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2003, 5:40 PM MDT for Bennett County, South Dakota. It was in force for 50 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 15, 2003, 5:40 PM MDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2003, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bennett 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 15, 2:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
245 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

LATEST SFC ANALYSIS PLACES LOW OVER SE MT WITH SEVERAL TROFS NOTED
ACROSS NE WY WRN SD. WV AND VIS REVEAL CONVECTIVE CLOUDS AND PRECIP
MOVING ACROSS BIG HORNS...ASSOCD WITH WEAK VORT MAX TOPPING UPPER
RIDGE. SFC OBS AND SATELLITE INDC A DRY LINE OVER WRN CAMPBELL CNTY
WY...WITH TD IN THE UPPER 30S AND 40S AS OPPOSED TO 50S ELSEWHERE.
KUDX INDC ISOLD TSTMS OVER BLACK HILLS AND S-CENT SD.

12Z MODELS INITIALIZE WELL AND SHOW GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH 60HRS.
TNGT WILL EXPECT SCT TSTMS OVER EXTREME NRN AND WRN ZONES AS WELL
AS BLACK HILLS. ISOLD EVENING CONVECTION IS ANTICIPATED OVER THE SD
PLAINS...MAINLY S-CENT SD. WEAK VORT MAX WILL MOVE ACROSS SE MT/ND
TNGT. WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMO IN PLACE WITH AMPLE MOISTURE AND GOOD
HEATING TODAY TSTMS ARE EXPECTED. MANY SFC FEATURES ASSOCD WITH
UPPER DYNAMICS SUCH AS DRY LINE AND TWO SFC TROFS ACROSS WRN SD.
MAIN ENERGY WILL REMAIN N OF CWFA...HOWEVER NRN ZONES AND NRN
PORTIONS OF WRN ZONES IN NE WY WILL SEE ENOUGH UPPER LEVEL SUPPORT
TO ENHANCE HEATING AND SFC FEATURES FOR SCT TSTMS TONIGHT. ADEQUATE
INSTABILITY WILL COMBINE WITH FAVORABLE SHEAR PROFILES FOR SOME
STORMS TO BE SEVERE THIS EVENING MAINLY EXTREME NE WY AND NW SD.

IN THE EXTENDED WILL SEE SPLIT FLOW ALOFT THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH
NRN STREAM RIDGING AND SRN STREAM TROF. PATTERN SHIFTS A BIT THU/FRI
WITH RIDGE DOMINATING CENT U.S. AS SW U.S. CLOSED LOW DEVELOPS. INTO
THE WEEKEND THIS DEVELOPS INTO A BROAD NW U.S. UPPER LOW AS CENT
U.S. RIDGE BREAKS DOWN. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS.

MODEL GUIDANCE LOOKS GOOD AND HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH.

.UNR...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 6:40 AM MDT, 11 hours before
SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-161300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
640 AM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE IS
A SLIGHT RISK SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE OVER
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA WITH THE PRIMARY
THREAT BEING HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4 INCH. SOME OF THESE STORMS OVER
NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE BLACK HILLS MAY MOVE SLOWLY
PRODUCING SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA
AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

MONDAY WILL SEE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA ONCE AGAIN. THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
THE SLOW MOVEMENT IN A VERY MOIST ENVIRONMENT...CREATING A POTENTIAL
FOR SOME FLASH FLOODING. THE AREAS OF GREATEST CONCERN ARE IN AND
AROUND THE BLACK HILLS...FAR SOUTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST
WYOMING. A COUPLE OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE AS WELL...
ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE BLACK HILLS WITH HAIL THE PRIMARY
THREAT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
ACROSS THE AREA. TUESDAY MAY SEE ANOTHER DAY WHERE SOME LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR...ESPECIALLY OVER THE BLACK HILLS.  MORE
ORGANIZED STORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
427 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0400 PM    6 NW CUSTER               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0415 PM    6 NW CUSTER               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.
Local storm report, Jun 15, 4:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
437 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0420 PM    8 S ROCHFORD              SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:05 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
505 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0447 PM    2 SE VETAL                SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   BENNETT                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. HAIL COVERING
                                          GROUND.
Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:24 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
524 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0455 PM    VETAL                     SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   BENNETT                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:35 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
535 PM MDT SUN JUN 15 2003

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

0515 PM    TUTHILL                   SD   1 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   BENNETT                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0520 PM    10 E MARTIN               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   BENNETT                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0525 PM    TUTHILL                   SD   1 INCH HAIL
06/15/03   BENNETT                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRLawrence66 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington62 min
Jun 15, 3:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster62 min
Jun 15, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPennington59 min
Jun 15, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

Sources

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