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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Rapid City, SD

June 7, 2005Jackson County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 2005, 5:04 PM MDT for Jackson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 41 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 7, 2005, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Rapid City, SD
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Jackson County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 7, 2:45 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 109 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 149 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -169 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1285 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 Jun 7, 1:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 1:50 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
150 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2005

.SHORT TERM...UPPER LOW VCNTY SLC KICKING OFF SHORT WAVES MOVING
TOWARD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MAIN WAVE IS COMING INTO SWRN
WY...AND LEAD WAVE COMING UP FROM SERN WY FOR TOWARD NERN WY...MUCH
FARTHER WEST THAN MODELS HAVE PLACED IN WRN NE. AS A
RESULT...STRONGER SFC LOW NOW OVER CPR...WITH ANOTHER IN WRN NE
PUMPING 60+ DEWPOINTS INTO CNTRL SD. 18Z UNR SOUNDING IS VERY
UNSTABLE...WITH JUST A BIT OF NEG CAPE LEFT TO ERODE...WHICH WILL
OCCUR IN A FEW HOURS AS WINDS WILL SHIFT TO SE AND DEWPOINTS
INCREASE. FORECAST SOUNDINGS ALSO SHOW INCREASING SHEAR BY EVENING.
AS SHORT WAVE MOVES NORTH OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MORNING...WITH
CLEARING OVER THE EASTERN ZONES AND SOME WRAP-AROUND MOISTURE OVER
NERN WY AND NWRN SD...FOLLOWED BY SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WED. NEXT
LOW DEVELOPS OVER ERN CO-WRN KS WITH INVERTED TROF ALONG FRONT RANGE
AND UPSLOPE RETURN FLOW WED NIGHT-THURS MORNNING. GFS HAS TROF MUCH
SHARPER THAN ETA...FOR BETTER CONVERGENCE AND UPSLOPE POTENTIAL...SO
INCREASED POPS THRU THURS. TEMPS WILL COOL NEXT FEW DAYS...ESP WITH
CLOUD COVER.

.EXTENDED...UNSETTLED WX PATTERN LKS TO CONTINUE AT LEAST THRU THE
WEEKEND. NEXT UPPER LOW FCST TO MV THRU GT BASIN ON FRI AND LIFT
QUICKLY NE. THIS WL BRING ANOTHER CHC OF SHWS/TSTMS TO REGION ON FRI
AND SAT. YET ANOTHER UPPER LOW FCST TO MV IN QUICKLY BEHIND FRI/SAT
SYS AND THIS MAY PROD SIGNIFICANT PCPN ON SUN AND EARLY MON. LKS
LIKE A MORE ZONAL FLOW WILL BEGIN TO SET UP BY TUES AND THIS MAY
FINALLY DRY THINGS OUT.

&&

.AVIATION...SCT TSTMS...SOME OF WHICH WL BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...WILL AFFECT ALL TWEB RTES AND TAF
LOCATIONS THRU 04Z...OTHERWISE VFR CONDS CAN BE EXPECTED. AFT 04Z
VFR CONDS CAN BE EXPECED ACRS WRN NEB/ERN WY AND WRN SD. MVFR/IFR
CONDS ARE EXPECED ACRS WRN ND THRU THE FCST PERIOD.

&&

.UNR...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE
WY...SEVERE TSTM WATCH TIL 8 PM MDT

&&

SANDERS/LJC

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 11:15 AM MDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1115 AM MDT TUE JUN 7 2005

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-081300-
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-
1115 AM MDT (1215 PM CDT) TUE JUN 7 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...GENERALLY
EAST OF A LINE FROM FAITH...TO WALL...TO PINE RIDGE.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN
WYOMING AND WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

VERY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STORMS...WITH TORNADOES POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM OVER UTAH WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER
WESTERN NEBRASKA...BRINGING MOISTURE INTO THE AREA.

TAKE TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER PLANS AND PREPARE FOR
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS BEFORE STORMS DEVELOP. MONITOR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR UPDATED INFORMATION ON THIS POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY THROUGH
SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

SS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
334 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0310 PM     HAIL             6 SSE BROWNSVILLE       44.20N 103.65W
06/07/2005  1.25 INCH        LAWRENCE           SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED FROM 310 TO 325 PM.

0330 PM     HAIL             3 SSE BROWNSVILLE       44.24N 103.67W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        LAWRENCE           SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED FROM 310 TO 330 PM.

&&

LCZEPYHA

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
345 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     HAIL             24 W GILLETTE           44.28N 106.00W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        CAMPBELL           WY   PUBLIC

&&

LCZEPYHA

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
352 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0345 PM     HAIL             8 SE MUD BUTTE          44.92N 102.76W
06/07/2005  1.75 INCH        MEADE              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LCZEPYHA

Local storm report, Jun 7, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
358 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0347 PM     HAIL             STURGIS                 44.41N 103.51W
06/07/2005  1.75 INCH        MEADE              SD   PUBLIC

&&

LCZEPYHA

Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:11 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
411 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             BEAR BUTTE              44.48N 103.42W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        MEADE              SD   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

LCZEPYHA

Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:24 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
424 PM MDT TUE JUN 07 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0412 PM     HAIL             4 SE DEERFIELD          44.12N 103.28W
06/07/2005  1.00 INCH        PENNINGTON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LCZEPYHA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Meade, Pennington	70 min
Jun 6, 6:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR		48 min
Jun 6, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Butte	35 min
Jun 6, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	53 min
Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade, Perkins, Ziebach	59 min
Jun 6, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Bennett, Jackson	63 min
Jun 6, 10:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson, Mellette	58 min
Jun 6, 10:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Todd	27 min
Jun 7, 2:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	31 min
Jun 7, 3:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Pennington	53 min
Jun 7, 3:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	56 min
Jun 7, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	57 min
Jun 7, 3:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Fall River	64 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Lawrence, Pennington	43 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Perkins	45 min
Jun 7, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	61 min
Jun 7, 4:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Ziebach	42 min
Jun 7, 4:28 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade	47 min
Jun 7, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Jackson	57 min
Jun 7, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	56 min
Jun 7, 5:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Custer, Fall River	30 min
Jun 7, 5:12 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Meade, Ziebach	49 min
Jun 7, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Meade	53 min
Jun 7, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR		55 min
Jun 7, 5:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Jackson	45 min
Jun 7, 5:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Pennington	64 min
Jun 7, 5:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Ziebach	52 min
Jun 6, 6:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell, Crook	43 min
Jun 7, 3:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	UNR	Campbell	58 min
Jun 7, 4:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	UNR	Campbell	19 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.