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Tornado Warning 24, NWS Rapid City, SD

July 13, 2009Jackson County, South Dakota

NWS Rapid City, SD issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 2009, 3:35 PM MDT for Jackson County, South Dakota. It was in force for 40 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
Jul 13, 2009, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2009, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Rapid City, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Jackson County, SD

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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
Jul 13, 9:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jul 13, 12:34 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr

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 Jul 13, 3:00 PM MDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 3:00 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR WESTERN SD AND NORTHEASTERN WY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
300 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

.DISCUSSION...SHORT WAVE CROSSING WRN SD THIS AFTERNOON TRIGGERING
THUNDERSTORMS. SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHEASTERN MT WITH WARM FRONT
ACROSS NRN SD AND BOUNDARY/DRY LINE DRAPED ALONG WRN-SRN EDGE OF
BLACK HILLS WITH DEWPTS IN THE 50S BEHIND IT AND 60S AHEAD OF IT.
ANOTHER WAVE ROTATING THROUGH UPPER TROF INTO SRN MT WILL SWING
ACROSS NWRN SD OVERNIGHT AS TROF PROGRESSES EWD ACROSS MT. HEAVY
RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY OVER NWRN SD. COLD FRONT
WILL SWEEP ACROSS WRN SD TUES MORNING..WITH GUSTY NW WINDS AND DRIER
AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA BEHIND IT...THOUGH NWRN SD MAY STILL SEE
SOME SHOWERS AS TROF MOVES ACROS ND...AND FORECAST AREA REMAINS
UNDER CYCLONIC NW FLOW FOR THE SHORT TERM. TEMPERATURES WILL BE
COOLER TUESDAY INTO WED MORNING AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS ACROSS WRN
SD. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP WED AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY INCREASES
ACROSS NERN WY AND FAR WRN SD...WITH STRONGER INSTABILITY OVER THE
BLACK HILLS. TEMPS WILL WARM A FEW DEGREES WED...BUT WILL STILL BE
BELOW NORMAL. AS SURFACE HIGH PUSHES SEWD...LOW LEVEL JET DEVELOPS
OVER FAR SRN SD WED NIGHT...WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

EXTENDED...UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL BUILD INTO THE WESTERN CONUS LATER
THIS WEEK BRINING WARMER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. NORTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT WITH EMBEDDED SHORTWAVES WILL BRING SLIGHT CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE CWA THROUGH THE EXTENDED PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE
WITH LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED
NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

&&

.UNR WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
WY...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 13, 10:45 AM MDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1045 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

SDZ001-002-012>014-024>032-041>044-046-047-049-072>074-WYZ054>058-
071-141300-
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-
1045 AM MDT (1145 AM CDT) MON JUL 13 2009

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 WITH VERY LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OVER ALL OF NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND WESTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE
ALSO POSSIBLE FROM NORTHWESTERN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...
OR NORTH AND EAST OF THE BLACK HILLS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ALSO IS
POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEASTERN WYOMING...AND
WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THIS EVENING...AND REACHING CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA BY MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...
A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE BLACK
HILLS THROUGH SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:07 AM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1107 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

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

1028 AM     HAIL             2 SSW DUPREE            45.02N 101.61W
07/13/2009  E0.88 INCH       ZIEBACH            SD   PUBLIC

&&

WETENKAMP
Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:08 AM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1108 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

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

1028 AM     HAIL             1 W DUPREE              45.05N 101.61W
07/13/2009  E0.88 INCH       ZIEBACH            SD   PUBLIC

&&

WETENKAMP
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 11:33 AM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
1133 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

SDZ014-032-131830-
HAAKON-ZIEBACH-
1133 AM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING THE AREA...

AT 1132 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY
RAIN...PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING. SOME AREAS MAY RECEIVE AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF RAIN. THIS
STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EASTERN ZIEBACH COUNTY...OR 15 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LANTRY...AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAY 63 IN SOUTHEAST ZIEBACH COUNTY

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL
4 PM MDT.

CARSTENS
Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
124 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

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

0103 PM     TSTM WND GST     11 NNW NEW UNDERWOOD    44.25N 102.92W
07/13/2009  E60 MPH          MEADE              SD   PUBLIC

&&

WETENKAMP
Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
215 PM MDT MON JUL 13 2009

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

0211 PM     HAIL             12 N WALL               44.17N 102.24W
07/13/2009  E1.50 INCH       PENNINGTON         SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

WETENKAMP
Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 5:41 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins49 min
Jul 13, 9:23 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRPerkins, Ziebach67 min
Jul 13, 10:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRZiebach63 min
Jul 13, 12:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade59 min
Jul 13, 1:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade58 min
Jul 13, 1:39 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRMeade, Pennington51 min
Jul 13, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRMeade, Ziebach57 min
Jul 13, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Pennington40 min
Jul 13, 2:57 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson63 min
Jul 13, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon81 min
Jul 13, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRJackson, Mellette66 min
Jul 13, 4:48 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRMellette42 min
Jul 13, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRHaakon, Jackson, Mellette61 min
Jul 13, 5:13 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRMellette, Todd47 min
Jul 13, 5:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryUNRMellette, Todd6 hr
Jul 13, 5:57 PM MDTTornado WarningUNRTodd63 min
Jul 13, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell55 min
Jul 13, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell56 min
Jul 13, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook, Weston65 min
Jul 13, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCampbell, Crook54 min
Jul 13, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCrook84 min
Jul 13, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningUNRCrook, Weston64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.