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High Wind Warning 1, NWS Rapid City, SD

February 9, 20067 counties in South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this high wind warning at Feb 9, 2006, 9:27 PM MST for 7 counties in South Dakota. It took effect at Feb 10, 2006, 4:20 AM MST. It was in force for 15 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 9, 2006, 9:27 PM MST (04:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 10, 2006, 4:20 AM MST
Expired
Feb 10, 2006, 7:14 PM MST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD

Counties Butte County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Harding County, SD, Meade County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Perkins County, SD, Ziebach County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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 high wind 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 high wind warning went out at Feb 9, 2:45 PM MST, 6 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 2:45 PM MST, 6 hours 42 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 9, 3:12 PM MST, 6 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
312 PM MST THU FEB 9 2006

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-101400-
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-
312 PM MST (412 PM CST) THU FEB 9 2006

...WIND ADVISORY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR THE NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...
...HIGH WIND WATCH FRIDAY FOR MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...
...WINTER STORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND FOOTHILLS
LATE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL PERSIST THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY
ACROSS THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90.

SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHWEST
WINDS MAY CONTRIBUTE TO AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

EVEN STRONGER WINDS CAN BE ANTICIPATED ON FRIDAY AS A TIGHT PRESSURE
GRADIENT SETS UP ACROSS THE DAKOTAS. NORTHWEST WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF
THE WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS ARE EXPECTED TO BE 30 TO 50 MPH...
WITH GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS AND NORTHERN
FOOTHILLS THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY ALSO CREATE BLOWING SNOW AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 9:40 PM MSTWinter Storm WarningUNRCuster, Lawrence, Meade, Pennington25 hr

Nearby

High Wind Warnings in South Dakota, 2006Every high wind warning in 2006

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.