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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Rapid City, SD

May 28, 2006Bennett County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2006, 8:43 PM MDT for Bennett County, South Dakota. It was in force for 45 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
May 28, 2006, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2006, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
45 hr
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Bennett County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 28, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 138 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Rapid City, SD at 00:00Z on 2006-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2099 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 May 28, 2:00 PM MDT, 6 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:00 PM MDT, 6 hours 43 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
200 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

.DISCUSSION...CURRENT SURFACE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL DAKOTAS...AND
IS NOW EAST OF FORECAST AREA. PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ACROSS THE AREA
WITH BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS.

UPPER LEVEL TROF OVER THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTHWARD
THIS EVENING...PROVIDING STRONG UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE ACROSS THE
AREA WITH JET STREAK COUPLING. 12Z NAM/GFS AND 18Z RUC ALL SHOW
SIGNIFICANT LIFT ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH CONVECTIVE
FEEDBACK ISSUES. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE
EVENING. REINFORCING SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL SLIDE ACROSS THE AREA
TONIGHT...WITH BREEZY CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT.

SOUTHWEST FLOW ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY...WITH UPPER LOW OVER
SOUTHERN CANADA. DRIER AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA. WEAK INSTABILITY
MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING WITH ANOTHER SHORTWAVE PASSING THROUGH...SO
A FEW SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. FOR TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY...AREA
WILL BE UNDER WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. SEVERAL SHORTWAVES WILL PASS
ACROSS THE AREA...BRINGING A SLIGHT CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION.

EXTENDED...WARM AND MOSTLY DRY CONDITIONS ANTICIPATED FOR THE LATTER
PART OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS
OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. LATEST RUN OF GFS CONTINUES TO SHOW A
WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSING OVER THE RIDGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. REMAINDER OF EXTENDED LOOKS DRY AT THIS TIME.

&&

.AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON. STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE
AREA...PRODUCING NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH MONDAY
MORNING. CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED FROM LATE EVENING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING TO AT LEAST MVFR WITH LOCAL IFR CONDITIONS
OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE BLACK HILLS AND OVER NORTHEAST
WYOMING.
&&

.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
WY...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 9:58 AM MDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
958 AM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-291300-
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-
958 AM MDT (1058 AM CDT) SUN MAY 28 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. A COLD FRONT
LOCATED ACROSS THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST TODAY.
MEANWHILE...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE FROM THE
CENTRAL ROCKIES INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FROM THE
BLACK HILLS INTO CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS IS ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM PINE RIDGE TO
FAITH. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
THUNDERSTORMS...THOUGH A FEW DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 7:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 28, 7:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
734 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0705 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 E HERMOSA             43.84N 103.15W
05/28/2006  E60 MPH          CUSTER             SD   PUBLIC

&&

JJOHNSON
Local storm report, May 28, 7:47 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
747 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0740 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 N OELRICHS            43.21N 103.23W
05/28/2006  E70 MPH          FALL RIVER         SD   NWS EMPLOYEE

&&

JJOHNSON
Local storm report, May 28, 8:00 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
800 PM MDT SUN MAY 28 2006

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

0745 PM     HAIL             1 S OGLALA              43.17N 102.73W
05/28/2006  M1.75 INCH       SHANNON            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0745 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 S OGLALA              43.17N 102.73W
05/28/2006  E70.00 MPH       SHANNON            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PORTION OF ROOF BLOWN OFF GREENHOUSE

&&

JJOHNSON
Local storm report, May 28, 8:06 PM MDT, 37 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 28, 8:22 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Tripp10 days
May 28, 6:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCuster, Pennington12 days
May 28, 7:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRFall River12 days
May 28, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade12 days
May 28, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRBennett, Jackson12 days
May 28, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNR28 min
May 28, 9:14 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRJackson12 days
May 28, 9:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson13 days
May 28, 9:33 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRMellette13 days
May 28, 10:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHarding, Mellette14 days

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in South Dakota, 2006Every tornado warning in 2006Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.