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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Rapid City, SD

August 6, 2004

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 6, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 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: Aug 6, 2004, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado 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 tornado warning went out at Aug 6, 9:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 9:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 7:03 AM CDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		49 min
Aug 6, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson	62 min
Aug 6, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett	38 min
Aug 6, 6:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	UNR		29 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.