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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 4, 2004Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2004, 1:35 PM MDT for Harding County, Perkins County, South Dakota. It was in force for 55 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 4, 2004, 1:35 PM MDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2004, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harding County, SD, Perkins County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 4, 1:35 PM MDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 1:35 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 6:21 AM MDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
621 AM MDT FRI JUN 4 2004

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-051300-
BENNETT-BUTTE-CENTRAL BLACK HILLS-CUSTER CO PLAINS-FALL RIVER-HAAKON-
HARDING-HERMOSA FOOT HILLS-JACKSON-MELLETTE-NORTHEASTERN CROOK-
NORTHERN BLACK HILLS-NORTHERN CAMPBELL-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-
NORTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-PERKINS-RAPID CITY-
SHANNON-SOUTHERN BLACK HILLS-SOUTHERN CAMPBELL-SOUTHERN FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-TODD-TRIPP-
WESTERN CROOK-WESTON-WYOMING BLACK HILLS-ZIEBACH-
621 AM MDT (721 AM CDT) FRI JUN 4 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMBINED WITH A SURFACE TROUGH WILL CROSS
THE NORTHERN PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...BRINGING A
CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEAST WYOMING AND ALL OF WESTERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN
THREAT FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE HAIL LARGER THAN 3/4
INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST FOR SATURDAY FOR
THE BLACK HILLS AND SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA WITH A BETTER CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 9:46 AM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 4:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRZiebach53 min
Jun 4, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson48 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in South Dakota, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

Sources

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