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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Rapid City, SD
NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at May 24, 2008, 3:11 PM MDT for Haakon County, Ziebach County, South Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
- May 24, 2008, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Rapid City, SD
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Haakon County, SD, Ziebach County, SD
The radar
The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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 24, 1:39 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KUNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 554 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 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 24, 12:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 24, 12:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 1233 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008 .DISCUSSION...18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS HAD LOW NEAR BROADUS WITH CURVED BOUNDARY INTO THE NE PANHANDLE. ALOFT UPPER LOW SPINNING OVER WY/MT/SD BORDER WITH DRY SLOT OVER THE SD PLAINS. THE RESULT IS DESTABILIZATION FROM K2WX TO KICR...0.5-1.5KJ/KG MUCAPE FORECAST. LATEST RADAR LOOPS/1KM VISIBLE INDICATE NO CAP TO SPEAK OF...AND THUS CONVECTION HAS STARTED. SHEAR SUFFICIENT FOR SUPERCELLS WITH MARGINAL 0-1KM SHEAR FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. LOOKS LIKE WE COULD GET A FEW SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON...QUICKLY MOVING EAST OF THE CWA THIS EVENING. MAIN NEGATIVE IS IMPLIED SUBSIDENCE BEHIND MAJOR SHORTWAVE IN NORTHEAST MT/WESTERN ND WRAPPING AROUND UPPER LOW. DO EXPECT -SHRA/-TSRA OVERNIGHT OVER MOST OF THE CWA...BUT MUCH LOWER PRECIPITABLE WATERS AND DIURNAL COMPONENT TO ACTIVITY SHOULD PRECLUDE HEAVY RAINS. SUNDAY...UPPER LOW DANCES INTO NORTHERN MN BY SUNDAY EVENING. SHOULD BE MUCH WARMER OVER THE CWA. COULD SEE A FEW -SHRA/-TSRA NEAREST UPPER LOW COLD POOL. MONDAY...SHORTWAVE RIDGE GIVES WAY TO MODERATELY STRONG SHORTWAVE ENERGY MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION TO THE AREA...ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH WELL-DEFINED EASTERLY FLOW COMING OFF SURFACE ANTICYCLONE CENTERED OVER ND AND LOW OVER WESTERN WY. EXTENDED...SOME UNSETTLED WEATHER CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS COMING WEEK AS THE REGION REMAINS UNDER WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. SHOWERS AND STORMS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...BUT SHOULD SEE A BREAK IN THE WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY...ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES. CHANCES FOR STORMS WILL RETURN LATER THURSDAY AND LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY...AS ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE PASSES OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS. && .AVIATION...FAIRLY WIDESPREAD AREA OF STRATUS WILL CONTINUE TO BRING IFR/MVFR CIGS THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS NORTHEAST WYOMING. MUCH OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL SE SCATTERED TO BROKEN MVFR CIGS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM KRAP EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT AS THIS WEATHER SYSTEM LIFTS INTO CANADA. && .UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... SD...NONE. WY...NONE. && HELGESON/RUDGE
Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 8:45 AM MDT, 6 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 845 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008 SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058- 071-251300- 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- 845 AM MDT (945 AM CDT) SAT MAY 24 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEASTERN WYOMING. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN MONTANA TODAY. IT WILL PUSH A FRONT ONTO THE SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT... MODEST INSTABILITY WILL DEVELOP. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO ERUPT ALONG THE BOUNDARY THIS AFTERNOON AND EXIT THE AREA THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING EAST OF A LINE FROM BUFFALO SOUTH DAKOTA TO ROSEBUD. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY OCCUR. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS...AREA RIVERS...CREEKS...AND STREAM WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH OR FLOOD OVER PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THESE STORMS WILL BRING THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 24, 10:10 AM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1010 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008
&&
PRECIPITATION HAS TAPERED OFF FOR THE FIRST MAJOR SPRING RAINFALL
EVENT OF 2008, SOME 3 DAY STORM TOTALS FOR WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
ARE...
BENNETT COUNTY
BATESLAND 7.4 NNE 2.08 INCHES
MARTIN 19.6 ENE 2.38 INCHES
MARTIN 13.2 W 2.72 INCHES
MARTIN 17.5 NE 2.03 INCHES
MARTIN 12.4 N 1.91 INCHES
BUTTE COUNTY
BELLE FOURCHE 0.9 SSE 2.02 INCHES
NEWELL 2.8 ENE 2.78 INCHES
BELLE FOURCHE 5.3 NE 2.40 INCHES
FALL RIVER COUNTY
HOT SPRINGS 0.5 SSW 2.95 INCHES
HOT SPRINGS 3.7 WSW 2.63 INCHES
HOT SPRINGS 1.8 W 2.61 INCHES
OELRICHS 1.0 SE 2.43 INCHES
EDGEMONT 7.5 W 2.15 INCHES
HAAKON COUNTY
PHILIP 2.8 SE 2.51 INCHES
JACKSON COUNTY
KADOKA 2.8 WNW 2.97 INCHES
INTERIOR 2.51 INCHES
LAWRENCE COUNTY
WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW 2.77 INCHES
SPEARFISH 0.6 E 1.41 INCHES
MEADE COUNTY
BLACK HAWK 2.0 NNW 5.28 INCHES
STURGIS 0.7 E 3.95 INCHES
PENNINGTON COUNTY
NWS RAPID CITY 4.82 INCHES
RAPID CITY 5.0 ESE 4.09 INCHES
RAPID CITY 3.4 WNW 6.19 INCHES
RAPID CITY 5.4 SW 5.44 INCHES
RAPID CITY 9.8 SW 5.11 INCHES
RAPID CITY 2.4 WNW 5.59 INCHES
RAPID CITY 3.3 SSW 5.60 INCHES
WALL 1.8 ENE 2.91 INCHES
SILVER CITY 3.63 INCHES
HERMOSA 4.4 NNE 2.91 INCHES
NEW UNDERWOOD 3.9 S 3.12 INCHES
BOX ELDER 6.2 ESE 2.91 INCHES
PERKINS COUNTY
BISON 24.1 SW 1.09 INCHES
BISON 4.5 SE 0.83 INCHES
MERICKSOLocal storm report, May 24, 10:49 AM MDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1049 AM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN WSW STURGIS 44.41N 103.51W
05/24/2008 M1.39 INCH MEADE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NNW BLACK HAWK 44.18N 103.33W
05/24/2008 M1.75 INCH MEADE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 NNW WHITEWOOD 44.51N 103.67W
05/24/2008 M1.02 INCH LAWRENCE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN OPAL 44.89N 102.61W
05/24/2008 M0.51 INCH MEADE SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ELM SPRINGS 44.31N 102.53W
05/24/2008 M1.76 INCH MEADE SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SE PHILIP 44.03N 101.64W
05/24/2008 M0.47 INCH HAAKON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 10 ESE EDGEMONT 43.24N 103.64W
05/24/2008 M1.21 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 W EDGEMONT 43.30N 103.97W
05/24/2008 M1.37 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 WSW HOT SPRINGS 43.42N 103.54W
05/24/2008 M1.39 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN HOT SPRINGS 43.43N 103.48W
05/24/2008 M1.71 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 SW OELRICHS 43.11N 103.33W
05/24/2008 M1.00 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W HOT SPRINGS 43.43N 103.50W
05/24/2008 M1.57 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ENE NEWELL 44.73N 103.38W
05/24/2008 M0.59 INCH BUTTE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN ORAL 43.40N 103.27W
05/24/2008 M1.69 INCH FALL RIVER SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN RAPID CITY 44.08N 103.23W
05/24/2008 M0.92 INCH PENNINGTON SD CO-OP OBSERVER
WFO REPORT
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN PACTOLA RESERVOIR 44.07N 103.50W
05/24/2008 M2.94 INCH PENNINGTON SD CO-OP OBSERVER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 11 NW RAPID CITY 44.19N 103.39W
05/24/2008 M1.75 INCH MEADE SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE OELRICHS 43.17N 103.22W
05/24/2008 M1.95 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NE ROCKERVILLE 43.98N 103.32W
05/24/2008 M2.03 INCH PENNINGTON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN SAINT ONGE 44.55N 103.72W
05/24/2008 M0.83 INCH LAWRENCE SD TRAINED SPOTTER
2.21 INCHES FOR 2 DAYS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN EDGEMONT 43.30N 103.83W
05/24/2008 M1.50 INCH FALL RIVER SD PUBLIC
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 SE BISON 45.48N 102.41W
05/24/2008 M0.50 INCH PERKINS SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 11 SW LEMMON 45.83N 102.32W
05/24/2008 M0.60 INCH PERKINS SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 ESE BOX ELDER 44.09N 102.96W
05/24/2008 M0.77 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN SILVER CITY 44.09N 103.57W
05/24/2008 M1.51 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW RAPID CITY 44.04N 103.26W
05/24/2008 M2.01 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 6 WNW RAPID CITY 44.11N 103.34W
05/24/2008 M1.75 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 WNW RAPID CITY 44.09N 103.27W
05/24/2008 M2.08 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 9 SW RAPID CITY 43.98N 103.36W
05/24/2008 M1.90 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 SW RAPID CITY 44.02N 103.30W
05/24/2008 M2.01 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 ESE RAPID CITY 44.05N 103.14W
05/24/2008 M1.15 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 WNW RAPID CITY 44.09N 103.29W
05/24/2008 M2.18 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0714 AM HEAVY RAIN RAPID CITY 44.08N 103.23W
05/24/2008 M2.20 INCH PENNINGTON SD NWS EMPLOYEE
0714 AM HEAVY RAIN 10 ESE ZEONA 45.16N 102.71W
05/24/2008 M0.62 INCH PERKINS SD TRAINED SPOTTER
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 ENE WALL 44.00N 102.22W
05/24/2008 M0.77 INCH PENNINGTON SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S STURGIS 44.40N 103.51W
05/24/2008 M1.76 INCH MEADE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN E SPEARFISH 44.50N 103.86W
05/24/2008 M0.71 INCH LAWRENCE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN SSE BELLE FOURCHE 44.67N 103.85W
05/24/2008 M0.79 INCH BUTTE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NE BELLE FOURCHE 44.72N 103.78W
05/24/2008 M0.90 INCH BUTTE SD PUBLIC
COCORAHS
0823 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 W HAYWARD 43.87N 103.38W
05/24/2008 M2.00 INCH PENNINGTON SD TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE 5 PM
0835 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S WESTON 44.62N 105.33W
05/24/2008 M1.29 INCH CAMPBELL WY CO-OP OBSERVER
0907 AM HEAVY RAIN 7 W HERMOSA 43.84N 103.33W
05/24/2008 M2.00 INCH CUSTER SD NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
MERICKSOLocal storm report, May 24, 1:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
115 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1250 PM HAIL SPRING CREEK 43.12N 101.02W
05/24/2008 E1.75 INCH TODD SD LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROAD COVERED WITH HAIL...LARGEST WAS GOLF BALL
&&
WFO UNR STAFFLocal storm report, May 24, 2:35 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
235 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0110 PM HAIL 1 NE ROSEBUD 43.24N 100.84W
05/24/2008 E0.88 INCH TODD SD TRAINED SPOTTER
LASTED 4 MINUTES
0200 PM HAIL 9 SW MILESVILLE 44.37N 101.81W
05/24/2008 E1.00 INCH HAAKON SD PUBLIC
&&
MERICKSOLocal storm report, May 24, 2:36 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
236 PM MDT SAT MAY 24 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM HAIL WOOD 43.50N 100.48W
05/24/2008 E0.75 INCH MELLETTE SD TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
MERICKSOLocal storm report, May 24, 3:02 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Rapid City, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:36 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | UNR | Haakon, Meade, Pennington, Ziebach | 69 hr |
| May 24, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Todd | 38 min |
| May 24, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Mellette | 55 min |
| May 24, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Haakon | 66 min |
| May 24, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Ziebach | 64 min |
| May 24, 2:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 63 min |
| May 24, 3:46 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | UNR | Ziebach | 44 min |
| May 24, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | UNR | Perkins | 67 min |
| May 23, 7:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | UNR | Campbell, Crook, Weston | 24 hr |
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.