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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at May 28, 2006, 9:14 PM MDT for Jackson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 12 days. 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, 9:14 PM MDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2006, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 days
- 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 03:17 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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.
- 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
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, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:00 PM MDT, 7 hours 14 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, 11 hours 16 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, 2 hours 12 minutes before
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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
&&
JJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 28, 7:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 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
&&
JJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 28, 8:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 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
&&
JJOHNSONLocal storm report, May 28, 8:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Tripp | 10 days |
| May 28, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Custer, Pennington | 12 days |
| May 28, 7:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Fall River | 12 days |
| May 28, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Meade | 12 days |
| May 28, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Bennett, Jackson | 12 days |
| May 28, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | 28 min | |
| May 28, 8:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Bennett | 45 hr |
| May 28, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon, Jackson | 13 days |
| May 28, 9:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Mellette | 13 days |
| May 28, 10:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Harding, Mellette | 14 days |
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.